Letter, 'Concerning the Isle of Zetland' from Thomas Preston to Joseph Ames

Reference number: L&P/1/295

Date: 31 January 1744

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Subject: Geography/Navigation

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Two letters from Mr. Thomas Preston to Mr. Joseph Ames, F. R. S. concerning the island of Zetland'

Read 25 October 1744

Reference number: L&P/1/295
Earliest possible date: 31 January 1744
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, 'Concerning the Isle of Zetland' from Thomas Preston to Joseph Ames, 31 January 1744, L&P/1/295, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_295/letter-concerning-the-isle-of-zetland-from-thomas-preston-to-joseph-ames, accessed on 14 May 2025

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VIII. Two letters from Mr. Thomas Preston to Mr. Joseph Ames, F. R. S. concerning the island of Zetland External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1744

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1744.0020

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 1 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1746 Reference number: L&P/1

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