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Paper, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' by James Burrow

Reference number: L&P/2/62

Date: 16 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account from James Burrow Esq ; F. R. S. of what Mr. Boyfield told him concering the late earthquake'

Read 22 March 1750

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L&P/2/62
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16 March 1750
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Burrow

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James Burrow, Paper, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' by James Burrow, 16 March 1750, L&P/2/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_62/paper-of-the-earthquake-of-march-8-by-james-burrow, accessed on 21 June 2025

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