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Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Holland on Feb 18' from Robert Dingley to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/127

Date: 08 March 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Accounts of the irregularities of the tides in the River Thames, on the 12th and 13th of February, 1756. Communicated by Robert Dingley, Esq; F. R. S'

Read 11 March 1756

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L&P/3/127
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08 March 1756
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Dingley

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Robert Dingley, Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Holland on Feb 18' from Robert Dingley to George Parker, 08 March 1756, L&P/3/127, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_127/letter-of-the-earthquake-in-holland-on-feb-18-from-robert-dingley-to-george-parker, accessed on 23 May 2025

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