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Unpublished paper, 'The frequency of earthquakes in Italy in the years 1896-1914' by R D [Richard Dixon] Oldham

Reference number: AP/79/19

Date: 1920

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Oldham writes: 'The ultimate object of the investigation [...] was a measurement of the rate of tectonic processes.'

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Seismology

Received 27 February 1920.

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AP/79/19
Earliest possible date
1920
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
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Typescript

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Richard Dixon Oldham

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Richard Dixon Oldham, Unpublished paper, 'The frequency of earthquakes in Italy in the years 1896-1914' by R D [Richard Dixon] Oldham, 1920, AP/79/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_79_19/unpublished-paper-the-frequency-of-earthquakes-in-italy-in-the-years-1896-1914-by-r-d-richard-dixon-oldham, accessed on 05 December 2024

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