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Paper, 'Of the earthquake at Colen Liege and Maestricht on 19 Nov 1756' by Abraham Trembley

Reference number: L&P/3/199

Date: 26 November 1756

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an earthquake felt at Colen, Leige, Maestricht, &c. on the 19th of November, 1756: in a letter from Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society. Translated from the French'

Read 16 December 1756

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L&P/3/199
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26 November 1756
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4 pages
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Abraham Trembley

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Abraham Trembley, Paper, 'Of the earthquake at Colen Liege and Maestricht on 19 Nov 1756' by Abraham Trembley, 26 November 1756, L&P/3/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_199/paper-of-the-earthquake-at-colen-liege-and-maestricht-on-19-nov-1756-by-abraham-trembley, accessed on 19 March 2025

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