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Letter, from Robert Nesbitt to James Jurin

Reference number: EL/N2/2

Date: 17 October 1727

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Account of a subterraneous fire in a marshy field south-west of Canterbury, Kent; sends a specimen of the earth and ashes

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EL/N2/2
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17 October 1727
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Robert Nesbitt

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Robert Nesbitt, Letter, from Robert Nesbitt to James Jurin, 17 October 1727, EL/N2/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n2_2/letter-from-robert-nesbitt-to-james-jurin, accessed on 20 March 2025

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