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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes'

Read 5 April 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/77
Earliest possible date
1750
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Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Stephen Hales

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Stephen Hales, Paper, 'Some considerations as to the cause of earthquakes' by Stephen Hales, 1750, L&P/2/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_77/paper-some-considerations-as-to-the-cause-of-earthquakes-by-stephen-hales, accessed on 26 January 2025

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