William Derham (26 November 1657 – 5 April 1735) was an English clergyman and natural philosopher. He produced the earliest, reasonably accurate estimate of the speed of sound.
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“When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte,
As every child can tell,
The House of Peers, throughout the war,
Did nothing in particular,
And did it very well:”
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