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Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/58a

Date: 14 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'John Martyn M. D. F. R. S. & c. to the President, concerning the same'

Read 15 March 1750

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L&P/2/58a
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14 March 1750
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Martyn

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John Martyn, Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from John Martyn to Martin Folkes, 14 March 1750, L&P/2/58a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_58a/letter-of-the-earthquake-of-march-8-from-john-martyn-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 16 March 2026

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