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Letter, 'Of a remarkable fossil Orthoceratites' from Edward Wright to Peter Collinson [Second letter]

Reference number: L&P/3/175

Date: 11 June 1756

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the agitation of the sea at Antigua, Nov. 1, 1755. By Capt. Affleck of the Advice Man of War. Communicated by Charles Gray, Esq; F. R. S. in a letter to William Watson, F. R. S'

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L&P/3/175
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11 June 1756
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Wright

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Edward Wright, Letter, 'Of a remarkable fossil Orthoceratites' from Edward Wright to Peter Collinson [Second letter], 11 June 1756, L&P/3/175, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_175/letter-of-a-remarkable-fossil-orthoceratites-from-edward-wright-to-peter-collinson-second-letter, accessed on 12 July 2025

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