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Paper, 'Of the earthquake at the Hague on Feb 18 1756' by Grovestius

Reference number: L&P/3/124

Date: 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An Extract of a Letter from Mons. Grovestins, Master of the Horse to his R. H. the Prince of Orange, Lieutenant-General, Commandant of the Forces, concerning an Earthquake felt by himself at the Hague, on Wednesday the 18th of Feb. 1756. Translated from the French and communicated by the Rev. William Parker, D.D. F. R. S.'

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L&P/3/124
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1756
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2 pages
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Paper, 'Of the earthquake at the Hague on Feb 18 1756' by Grovestius, 1756, L&P/3/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_124/paper-of-the-earthquake-at-the-hague-on-feb-18-1756-by-grovestius, accessed on 16 March 2026

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