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Letter, 'An earthquake at Aleppo' from Patrick Russell to Alexander Russell

Reference number: L&P/3/425

Date: 02 December 1759

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Subejct: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the late earthquakes in Syria: In a letter from Dr. Patrick Russell, to his brother, Alexander Russell, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 21 February 1760

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L&P/3/425
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02 December 1759
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Ink on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Patrick Russell

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Patrick Russell, Letter, 'An earthquake at Aleppo' from Patrick Russell to Alexander Russell, 02 December 1759, L&P/3/425, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_425/letter-an-earthquake-at-aleppo-from-patrick-russell-to-alexander-russell, accessed on 14 February 2026

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