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Paper, 'Of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius' by Richard Supple

Reference number: L&P/2/245

Date: 07 November 1751

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, from its first beginning to the 28th of October 1751, in a letter from Mr. Richard Supple, communicated by Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S'

Read 19 December 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/245
Earliest possible date
07 November 1751
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius' by Richard Supple, 07 November 1751, L&P/2/245, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_245/paper-of-the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-by-richard-supple, accessed on 21 January 2026

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