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Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Holland on Feb 18' from J N S Allemand to Abraham Trembley

Reference number: L&P/3/125

Date: 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an earthquake felt in Holland, Feb. 18. 1756; in a letter from Monsieur Allemand, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Leyden, and F. R. S. to Mr. Trembley, F. R. S. dated at Leyden, Feb. 27,1756. Translated from the French'

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L&P/3/125
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Johann Nicholaus Sebastian Allamand

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Johann Nicholaus Sebastian Allamand, Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Holland on Feb 18' from J N S Allemand to Abraham Trembley, 1756, L&P/3/125, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_125/letter-of-the-earthquake-in-holland-on-feb-18-from-j-n-s-allemand-to-abraham-trembley, accessed on 20 July 2025

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