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Letter, 'Of earthquakes in Suffolk & Leicestershire' from James Burrow to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/169

Date: 02 October 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from James Burrow, Esq; F. R. S. to the President, concerning an earthquake felt near Bury St. Edmund's in Suffolk, and another at Narborough in Leicestershire, on the 30th of September, 1750'

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L&P/2/169
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02 October 1750
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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James Burrow

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James Burrow, Letter, 'Of earthquakes in Suffolk & Leicestershire' from James Burrow to Martin Folkes, 02 October 1750, L&P/2/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_169/letter-of-earthquakes-in-suffolk-leicestershire-from-james-burrow-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 21 June 2025

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