Letter, from George Cotton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rome
Reference number: EL/C1/87
Date: 17 August 1669
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Autograph letter
Cotton provides some details about the eruption of Mount Etna but says that Lord Winchelsea can give a better eye-witness account. He says that he will send on some stone and ash from Etna. Cotton also makes observations about large hail stones which fell near Siena
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- EL/C1/87
- Earliest possible date
- 17 August 1669
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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George Cotton
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George Cotton, Letter, from George Cotton to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rome, 17 August 1669, EL/C1/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_87/letter-from-george-cotton-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-rome, accessed on 02 December 2024
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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