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Paper, 'On the stones in Nassau, Treves and Colen, resembling those of the Giants Causeway in Ireland' by Abraham Trembley

Reference number: L&P/3/149

Date: 18 March 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks on the stones, in the Country of Nassau, and the Territories of Treves and Colen, resembling those of the giants-causey, in Ireland. In a Letter to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. from Mr. Abraham Trembly, F. R. S. Translated from the French'

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L&P/3/149
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18 March 1756
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Ink on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Abraham Trembley

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Abraham Trembley, Paper, 'On the stones in Nassau, Treves and Colen, resembling those of the Giants Causeway in Ireland' by Abraham Trembley, 18 March 1756, L&P/3/149, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_149/paper-on-the-stones-in-nassau-treves-and-colen-resembling-those-of-the-giants-causeway-in-ireland-by-abraham-trembley, accessed on 09 November 2024

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