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Letter, 'Of an earthquake felt at East Sheen' from James Burrow to Peter Daval

Reference number: L&P/2/75

Date: 30 March 1750

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from James Burrow Esquire, F. R. S. to Peter Daval Esq; Secr. R. S. concerning the same earthquake being felt at East Sheen, near Richmond Park in Surrey'

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L&P/2/75
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30 March 1750
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Burrow

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James Burrow, Letter, 'Of an earthquake felt at East Sheen' from James Burrow to Peter Daval, 30 March 1750, L&P/2/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_75/letter-of-an-earthquake-felt-at-east-sheen-from-james-burrow-to-peter-daval, accessed on 17 May 2025

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