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Paper, 'Account of the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1794' by William Hamilton

Reference number: L&P/10/103

Date: 2 September 1794

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Contains six plates.

Subject: Seismology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius'

Read 15 January 1795

Reference number
L&P/10/103
Earliest possible date
2 September 1794
Physical description
Ink on paper and six plates
Page extent
57 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hamilton

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William Hamilton, Paper, 'Account of the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1794' by William Hamilton, 2 September 1794, L&P/10/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_103/paper-account-of-the-late-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-1794-by-william-hamilton, accessed on 16 September 2024

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