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Letter, 'Of earthquakes at Maestricht from 18 Feb to April' from Vernede to J N S Allemand

Reference number: L&P/3/171

Date: 01 May 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the late earthquakes felt at Maestricht, in a letter from Mons. Vernede, Pastor of the Wallon Church there, to Mons. Allemand, Professor of Philosophy at Leyden, F. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R . S. Translated from the French'

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L&P/3/171
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01 May 1756
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12 pages
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Johann Nicholaus Sebastian Allamand

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Johann Nicholaus Sebastian Allamand, Letter, 'Of earthquakes at Maestricht from 18 Feb to April' from Vernede to J N S Allemand, 01 May 1756, L&P/3/171, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_171/letter-of-earthquakes-at-maestricht-from-18-feb-to-april-from-vernede-to-j-n-s-allemand, accessed on 13 January 2025

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