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Letter, 'Of the earthquake in London of March 8 1749/50' from Henry Baker to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/52a

Date: 08 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. to Martin Folkes Esq; Pres. of the Royal Soc. concerning the same'

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Reference number
L&P/2/52a
Earliest possible date
08 March 1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Baker

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Henry Baker, Letter, 'Of the earthquake in London of March 8 1749/50' from Henry Baker to Martin Folkes, 08 March 1750, L&P/2/52a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_52a/letter-of-the-earthquake-in-london-of-march-8-174950-from-henry-baker-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 10 May 2026

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