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Letter, 'Of the earthquake' from William Cooper to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/69

Date: 22 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A Letter from the Rev. Stephen Hales D D. & F. R. S. to the President, serving to inclose a Letter to him from Walter Bowman Esq; concerning an earthquake felt at East Molesey in Surry, on March 14. 1749-50'

Read 29 March 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/69
Earliest possible date
22 March 1750
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the earthquake' from William Cooper to the Royal Society, 22 March 1750, L&P/2/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_69/letter-of-the-earthquake-from-william-cooper-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 10 February 2025

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