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my answers to them, as a testimony of the very great esteem and regard, with which I am,

My Lord,
Your Lordship's
most obedient,
humble servant,

Lincoln's Inn-Fields,
June 26th, 1764.


XLI.An Account of the Effects of Lightning in St. Bride's Church, Fleet-street, on the 18th of June 1764: In a Letter to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. from Edward Delaval Esq; F. R. S.

SIR,

Read June 28,
1764.

THE inclosed is an account of the effects of the lightning on the steeple and spire of St. Bride's church, with drawings [Tab. XIV. XV.] which very accurately express the parts damaged by it. I thought it would be of use, by describing the several circumstances of this accident, to shew more

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