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Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from James Parsons to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/60

Date: 15 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'James Parsons M. D. F. R. S. to the President concerning the same'

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L&P/2/60
Earliest possible date
15 March 1750
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Letter, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' from James Parsons to Martin Folkes, 15 March 1750, L&P/2/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_60/letter-of-the-earthquake-of-march-8-from-james-parsons-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 08 February 2025

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