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Paper, 'Relation of flaming sand in the archipelago from the eruption of Vesuvius (6 December 1631)' by William Badily

Reference number: CLP/4i/24

Date: 06 December 1631

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Badily shares observations on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 6 December 1631.

Subject: Geology / Vulcanology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of the raining of ashes, in the archipelago, upon the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, some years ago'

Read to the Royal Society on 29 August 1666

Reference number
CLP/4i/24
Earliest possible date
06 December 1631
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Relation of flaming sand in the archipelago from the eruption of Vesuvius (6 December 1631)' by William Badily, 06 December 1631, CLP/4i/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_24/paper-relation-of-flaming-sand-in-the-archipelago-from-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-6-december-1631-by-william-badily, accessed on 19 January 2026

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