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Letter, Agitation of waters at Rochford, Essex, on Nov 1 1755' from Thomlinson to Dr Sykes

Reference number: L&P/3/131

Date: 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the earthquake, Novem. 1, 1755, as felt in the lead mines in Derbyshire; In a letter from the reverend Mr. Bullock to Lewis Crusius, D. D. F. R. S.'

Read 11 March 1756

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L&P/3/131
Earliest possible date
1756
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, Agitation of waters at Rochford, Essex, on Nov 1 1755' from Thomlinson to Dr Sykes, 1756, L&P/3/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_131/letter-agitation-of-waters-at-rochford-essex-on-nov-1-1755-from-thomlinson-to-dr-sykes, accessed on 16 June 2026

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