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An account of the the eruption of Mount Etna in 1669. Dated at Messina [Italy].

Subject: Volcanology / History

Read to the Royal Society on 21 October 1669

Reference number
CLP/19/50
Earliest possible date
July 1669
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Answer unto certain inquiries concerning the burning of Mount Etna in 1669' by unknown author, July 1669, CLP/19/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_19_50/paper-answer-unto-certain-inquiries-concerning-the-burning-of-mount-etna-in-1669-by-unknown-author, accessed on 06 February 2025

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