Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 14' from Walter Bowman to Stephen Hales
Reference number: L&P/2/119
Date: 11 April 1750
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Subject: Meteorology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A Letter from the Rev. Stephen Hales D D. & F. R. S. to the President, serving to inclose a Letter to him from Walter Bowman Esq; concerning an earthquake felt at East Molesey in Surry, on March 14. 1749-50'
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- L&P/2/119
- Earliest possible date
- 11 April 1750
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- Ink on paper
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- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Walter Bowman, Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 14' from Walter Bowman to Stephen Hales, 11 April 1750, L&P/2/119, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_119/letter-of-the-earthquake-of-march-14-from-walter-bowman-to-stephen-hales, accessed on 13 August 2026
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XXXVII. A Letter from the Rev. Stephen Hales D D. & F. R. S. to the President, serving to inclose a Letter to him from Walter Bowman Esq; concerning an earthquake felt at East Molesey in Surry, on March 14. 1749-50 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1750
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1749.0151
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Decade 2 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1749-1755 Reference number: L&P/2
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