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Paper, 'An account of the Giant's Causeway in the north of Ireland' by Sam [Samuel] Foley

Reference number: CLP/9i/46

Date: 19 May 1694

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Paper by Foley describing Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. In the paper he answers queries by Richard Bulkeley relating to Giant's Causeway. He also includes notes made by T [Thomas] Molyneux regarding the appearance and natural creation of Giant's Causeway.

Subject: Geology

Read to the Royal Society on 27 June 1694.

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CLP/9i/46
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19 May 1694
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Molyneux

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Thomas Molyneux, Paper, 'An account of the Giant's Causeway in the north of Ireland' by Sam [Samuel] Foley, 19 May 1694, CLP/9i/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_46/paper-an-account-of-the-giants-causeway-in-the-north-of-ireland-by-sam-samuel-foley, accessed on 19 January 2026

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