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Letter, 'Description of an earthquake near Grantham on 25 February 1792' from Edmund Turnor to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/10/14

Date: 10 March 1792

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A narrative of the earthquake felt in Lincolnshire, and the neighbouring counties, on the 25th of February, 1792. In a letter from Edmund Turnor, Esq. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

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L&P/10/14
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10 March 1792
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10 pages
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Edmund Turnor

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Edmund Turnor, Letter, 'Description of an earthquake near Grantham on 25 February 1792' from Edmund Turnor to Joseph Banks, 10 March 1792, L&P/10/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_14/letter-description-of-an-earthquake-near-grantham-on-25-february-1792-from-edmund-turnor-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 19 June 2025

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