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Letter, 'Of the earthquake shock of March 18' from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/2/71

Date: 26 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Benj. Cooke F. R. S. to Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. of a shock of an earthquake felt in the Isle of Wight, March 19. 1749-50.'

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L&P/2/71
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26 March 1750
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Cooke

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Benjamin Cooke, Letter, 'Of the earthquake shock of March 18' from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson, 26 March 1750, L&P/2/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_71/letter-of-the-earthquake-shock-of-march-18-from-benjamin-cooke-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 19 April 2025

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