Letter, 'Of the earthquake on Sept 30' from William Folkes to Martin Folkes
Reference number: L&P/2/168
Date: 1750
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Subject: Meteorology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from William Folkes, Esq; F. R. S. to his brother the President, concering a a shock of an earthquake felt at Newton in Northamptonshire, on Sunday. September 30. 1750'
Read 25 October 1750
- Reference number
- L&P/2/168
- Earliest possible date
- 1750
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Folkes, Letter, 'Of the earthquake on Sept 30' from William Folkes to Martin Folkes, 1750, L&P/2/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_168/letter-of-the-earthquake-on-sept-30-from-william-folkes-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 24 March 2025
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