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Account of three earthquakes which happened in Switzerland in the years 1728 and 1729 by Dr [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/S2/83

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Translated from the Latin by Philip Zollman
Copied 1 April 1731

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EL/S2/83
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Account of three earthquakes which happened in Switzerland in the years 1728 and 1729 by Dr [Johann Jakob] Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane, EL/S2/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_83/account-of-three-earthquakes-which-happened-in-switzerland-in-the-years-1728-and-1729-by-dr-johann-jakob-scheuchzer-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 13 June 2026

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