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Letter, 'Of certain shocks and earthquakes' from Abraham Trembley to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/219

Date: 01 February 1757

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter of Mr. Abraham Trembley, F. R. S. to Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. Translated from the French'

Read 17 February 1757

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L&P/3/219
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01 February 1757
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Abraham Trembley

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Abraham Trembley, Letter, 'Of certain shocks and earthquakes' from Abraham Trembley to Thomas Birch, 01 February 1757, L&P/3/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_219/letter-of-certain-shocks-and-earthquakes-from-abraham-trembley-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 08 December 2025

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