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Letter, 'Of the earthquake at York on 19 April' from David Erskine Baker to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/493

Date: 20 April 1754

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an earthquake felt at York on the 19th April 1754. In a letter from Mr. David Erskine Baker to Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S'

Read 25 April 1754

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L&P/2/493
Earliest possible date
20 April 1754
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the earthquake at York on 19 April' from David Erskine Baker to the Royal Society, 20 April 1754, L&P/2/493, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_493/letter-of-the-earthquake-at-york-on-19-april-from-david-erskine-baker-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 27 April 2025

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