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Paper, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' by Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/63

Date: 08 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the earthquake, March 8, 1749'

Read 22 March 1750

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L&P/2/63
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08 March 1750
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Cromwell Mortimer

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Cromwell Mortimer, Paper, 'Of the earthquake of March 8' by Cromwell Mortimer, 08 March 1750, L&P/2/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_63/paper-of-the-earthquake-of-march-8-by-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 10 October 2024

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