page_title: William Derham
hierarchical_section_title: William Derham
caption_attribution_description: English: Tableau of William Derham (1657 – 1735), an English clergyman and natural philosopher.
context_page_description: William Derham FRS was an English clergyman, natural theologian, natural philosopher and scientist. He produced the earliest, reasonably accurate measurement of the speed of sound.
context_section_description: William Derham FRS (26 November 1657 – 5 April 1735) was an English clergyman, natural theologian, natural philosopher and scientist. He produced the earliest, reasonably accurate measurement of the speed of sound.
caption: 18th-century tableau of William Derham
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