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Letter, 'Of the earthquake in London of March 8 1749/50' from Thomas Birch to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/51a

Date: 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the earthquake at London, March 8'

Read 8 March 1750

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L&P/2/51a
Earliest possible date
1750
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Birch

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Thomas Birch, Letter, 'Of the earthquake in London of March 8 1749/50' from Thomas Birch to the Royal Society, 1750, L&P/2/51a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_51a/letter-of-the-earthquake-in-london-of-march-8-174950-from-thomas-birch-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 December 2024

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