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Letter, 'Of the earthquake shock of March 18' from Peter Newcombe to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/73

Date: 29 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Peter Newcome F. R. S. to the President, concerning the same shock being felt at Hackney, near London'

Read 19 March 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/73
Earliest possible date
29 March 1750
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the earthquake shock of March 18' from Peter Newcombe to Martin Folkes, 29 March 1750, L&P/2/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_73/letter-of-the-earthquake-shock-of-march-18-from-peter-newcombe-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 08 July 2025

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