RefNo | RBC/2/72 |
AltRefNo | RBC/2/231 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'An Account of the Effects of Thunder and Lightning sent from Oxford by Dr Wallis' |
Date | 1666 |
Description | Details of thunder and lightning - observations of the effects of a lightning strike upon two men who were rowing a boat on the river Thames at Medly, near Oxford; one was killed and Wallis gives observations of his post-mortem Read to the Royal Society on 16 May 1666 |
Language | English |
Extent | 7 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 13, p 222 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/3/33 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |