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Letter, 'On the lava of Mount Vesuvius' from Emanuel Mendes da Costa to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/310

Date: 04 June 1752

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Subject: Geology

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L&P/2/310
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04 June 1752
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Emanuel Mendes da Costa

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Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Letter, 'On the lava of Mount Vesuvius' from Emanuel Mendes da Costa to Thomas Birch, 04 June 1752, L&P/2/310, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_310/letter-on-the-lava-of-mount-vesuvius-from-emanuel-mendes-da-costa-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 07 October 2024

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