Paper, 'Of a late eruption on Mount Aetna' from the Magistracy of Mascali, in Sicily
Reference number: L&P/3/28
Date: 12 March 1755
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2 pages in Italian and 4 pages in English.
Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An extract of a letter written by the magistrates of the city of Mascali, in Sicily, and sent from their public office to Naples, concerning a late eruption of Mount Ætna. Translated from the Italian'
Read 29 May 1755
- Reference number
- L&P/3/28
- Earliest possible date
- 12 March 1755
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'Of a late eruption on Mount Aetna' from the Magistracy of Mascali, in Sicily, 12 March 1755, L&P/3/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_28/paper-of-a-late-eruption-on-mount-aetna-from-the-magistracy-of-mascali-in-sicily, accessed on 11 November 2025
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