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Letter, 'Of Mount Vesuvius in 1756' from John Nixon to Ambrose Isted

Reference number: L&P/3/365

Date: 02 March 1756

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Subject: Geology

Read 15 March 1759

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L&P/3/365
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02 March 1756
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John Nixon

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John Nixon, Letter, 'Of Mount Vesuvius in 1756' from John Nixon to Ambrose Isted, 02 March 1756, L&P/3/365, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_365/letter-of-mount-vesuvius-in-1756-from-john-nixon-to-ambrose-isted, accessed on 17 January 2025

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