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Letter, 'Of earthquakes at Constantinople' from James Porter to Caspar Wetstein

Reference number: L&P/3/11

Date: 1755

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Subject: Meteorology/Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the several earthquakes of late felt at Constantinople; by his Excellency James Porter, Esq; his Majesty's Ambassador at that Place; in a letter to the Reverend Mr. Wetstein, F. R. S. dated February 15, 1755'

Read 17 April 1755

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L&P/3/11
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1755
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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James Porter

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James Porter, Letter, 'Of earthquakes at Constantinople' from James Porter to Caspar Wetstein, 1755, L&P/3/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_11/letter-of-earthquakes-at-constantinople-from-james-porter-to-caspar-wetstein, accessed on 15 June 2025

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