Letter, 'On the alteration of the island of Scilly' from William Borlase to Thomas Birch
Reference number: L&P/2/409
Date: 21 December 1752
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Subject: Geography
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An Account of the Great Alterations Which the Islands of Sylley Have Undergone since the Time of the Antients, Who Mention Them, as to Their Number, Extent, and Position: In a Letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D.D. Secr. R. S. by the Rev. Mr. Wm Borlase, M. A. F. R. S.'
Read 8 February 1753
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- L&P/2/409
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- 21 December 1752
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- 11 pages
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William Borlase, Letter, 'On the alteration of the island of Scilly' from William Borlase to Thomas Birch, 21 December 1752, L&P/2/409, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_409/letter-on-the-alteration-of-the-island-of-scilly-from-william-borlase-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 24 June 2025
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VII. An account of the great alterations which the Islands of Sylley have undergone since the time of the antients, who mention them, as to their number, extent, and position: In a letter to the Rev. Thomas Birch, D. D. Secr. R. S. by the Rev. Mr. Wm Borlase, M. A. F. R. S. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1753
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0008
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