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Letter, 'Of Vesuvius' from Isaac Jamineau to F H R Stiles

Reference number: L&P/2/556

Date: 17 December 1754

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Subject: Geology

Read 9 January 1755

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L&P/2/556
Earliest possible date
17 December 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 Vesuvius' from Isaac Jamineau to F H R Stiles, 17 December 1754, L&P/2/556, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_556/letter-of-vesuvius-from-isaac-jamineau-to-f-h-r-stiles, accessed on 13 January 2025

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