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Letter, 'Of an unusual agitation of the sea at Ildfarcombe, Feb 27 1756; and of the same at Dartmouth on 1 Nov 1755' from Henry Holdsworth and Mr Prince to Rev Jeremiah Miles

Reference number: L&P/3/162

Date: 07 May 1756

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an unusual agitation of the sea, at Ildfarcombe, in Devonshire, Feb. 27, 1756'

Read 13 May 1756

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L&P/3/162
Earliest possible date
07 May 1756
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4 pages
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Letter, 'Of an unusual agitation of the sea at Ildfarcombe, Feb 27 1756; and of the same at Dartmouth on 1 Nov 1755' from Henry Holdsworth and Mr Prince to Rev Jeremiah Miles, 07 May 1756, L&P/3/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_162/letter-of-an-unusual-agitation-of-the-sea-at-ildfarcombe-feb-27-1756-and-of-the-same-at-dartmouth-on-1-nov-1755-from-henry-holdsworth-and-mr-prince-to-rev-jeremiah-miles, accessed on 16 September 2024

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