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Paper, 'Of the earthquake of Feb 8' by William Faquier

Reference number: L&P/2/40

Date: 1749

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the shock of an earthquake, felt Feb. 8. 1749-50'

Read 15 February 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/40
Earliest possible date
1749
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the earthquake of Feb 8' by William Faquier, 1749, L&P/2/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_40/paper-of-the-earthquake-of-feb-8-by-william-faquier, accessed on 10 December 2024

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