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Letter, 'On the eruption of Vesuvius 25 Oct 1751' from unknown author to M Featherstonehaugh

Reference number: L&P/2/278

Date: 15 October 1751

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Oct. 1751, in a letter to Sir Matthew Fetherston-Haugh, Bart. F. R. S. written at Naples Jan. 15, 1752, N. S'

Read 19 March 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/278
Earliest possible date
15 October 1751
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On the eruption of Vesuvius 25 Oct 1751' from unknown author to M Featherstonehaugh, 15 October 1751, L&P/2/278, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_278/letter-on-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-25-oct-1751-from-unknown-author-to-m-featherstonehaugh, accessed on 13 July 2026

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