Paper, 'A relation of the bad condition of the mountains about theTungarouse and Batavian rivers, having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of January 1699' by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/9i/56
Date: 1699
Description
Details of figures that accompany an account of an earthquake on 4 and 5 January 1699 based on an account given by Tommagon Porbo Nata. Details of figures are attached, although no figures are attached.
Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of the bad condition of the mountains about the Tungarouse and Batavian Rivers, having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of January, 1699. Drawn up from the account given by the Tommagon Porbo Nata, (who hath been there) and sent to the Burgermaster Witsen, who communicated it to the R. Society of which he is a member.'
Communicated by Burgermaster Nicolaus Witsen. Read to the Royal Society on 10 January 1699.
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- CLP/9i/56
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- 1699
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- 5 pages
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Paper, 'A relation of the bad condition of the mountains about theTungarouse and Batavian rivers, having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of January 1699' by unknown author, 1699, CLP/9i/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_56/paper-a-relation-of-the-bad-condition-of-the-mountains-about-thetungarouse-and-batavian-rivers-having-their-source-from-thence-occasioned-by-the-earthquake-between-the-4th-and-5th-of-january-1699-by-unknown-author, accessed on 18 June 2025
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IV. A relation of the had condition of the mountains about the Tungarouse and Batavian Rivers, having their source from thence, occasioned by the earthquake between the 4th and 5th of January, 1699. Drawn up from the account given by the Tommagon Porbo Nata, (who hath been there) and sent to the Burgermaster Witsem, who communicated it to the R. Society of which he is a member. External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Tommagon Porbo Nata
Date: 1st June 1700
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0033
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