Letter, 'Earthquake at Brussels' from John Pringle to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/133

Date: 11 March 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the earthquakes felt at Brussels; in a letter from John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. F. R. S'

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Reference number: L&P/3/133
Earliest possible date: 11 March 1756
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript

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John Pringle

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John Pringle, Letter, 'Earthquake at Brussels' from John Pringle to Thomas Birch, 11 March 1756, L&P/3/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_133/letter-earthquake-at-brussels-from-john-pringle-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 16 June 2026

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LXXIX. An account of the earthquakes felt at Brussels; in a letter from John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1755

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0081

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 3 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1755-1760 Reference number: L&P/3

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John Pringle
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Thomas Birch
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