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Paper, 'An earthquake in Oxfordshire on May 24, 1755' by unknown author

Reference number: L&P/3/33

Date: 06 June 1755

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 12 June 1755

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L&P/3/33
Earliest possible date
06 June 1755
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'An earthquake in Oxfordshire on May 24, 1755' by unknown author, 06 June 1755, L&P/3/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_33/paper-an-earthquake-in-oxfordshire-on-may-24-1755-by-unknown-author, accessed on 21 March 2025

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