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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'

Read 3 May 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/119
Earliest possible date
11 April 1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Walter Bowman

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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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