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Letter, 'Of earthquakes on 4 May & 1 Jul 1747' from Henry Baker to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/131

Date: 10 May 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. to Martin Folkes Esq; Pres. of the Royal Soc. concerning the same'

Read 17 May 1750

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L&P/2/131
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10 May 1750
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Baker

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Henry Baker, Letter, 'Of earthquakes on 4 May & 1 Jul 1747' from Henry Baker to Martin Folkes, 10 May 1750, L&P/2/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_131/letter-of-earthquakes-on-4-may-1-jul-1747-from-henry-baker-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 10 September 2026

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