Letter, 'Of the sinking of the river at Pontypool' from Edward Matthews
Reference number: L&P/3/135
Date: 22 February 1756

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Contains two illustrations.
Subject: Geography
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the sinking of a river near Pontypool in Monmouthshire; in a letter from Mr. Edward Matthews, to the commissioners of the excise'
Read 11 March 1756
- Reference number
- L&P/3/135
- Earliest possible date
- 22 February 1756
- Physical description
- Ink on paper with plate
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of the sinking of the river at Pontypool' from Edward Matthews, 22 February 1756, L&P/3/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_135/letter-of-the-sinking-of-the-river-at-pontypool-from-edward-matthews, accessed on 13 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1755
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0082
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