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Letter, 'Of an earthquake at Smyrna' from Mordach MacKenzie to Richard Mead

Reference number: L&P/2/158

Date: 23 May 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of letter a from Dr. Mackenzie to Dr. Mead F. R. S. concerning earthquakes at Smyrna'

Read 5 Jult 1750

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L&P/2/158
Earliest possible date
23 May 1750
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of an earthquake at Smyrna' from Mordach MacKenzie to Richard Mead, 23 May 1750, L&P/2/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_158/letter-of-an-earthquake-at-smyrna-from-mordach-mackenzie-to-richard-mead, accessed on 03 December 2024

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