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Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from Michael Russell to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/59

Date: 15 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Michael Russel, Esq; F. R. S. to the President concerning the same'

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Reference number
L&P/2/59
Earliest possible date
15 March 1750
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Russell

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Michael Russell, Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from Michael Russell to Martin Folkes, 15 March 1750, L&P/2/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_59/letter-of-the-earthquake-of-march-8-from-michael-russell-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 06 February 2025

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