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Letter, 'Of an earthquake felt at Kinsale' from Henry Tom to Richard Brocklesby

Reference number: L&P/3/51

Date: 19 November 1755

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the earthquake, Novem. 1, 1755, as felt in the lead mines in Derbyshire; In a letter from the reverend Mr. Bullock to Lewis Crusius, D. D. F. R. S.'

Read 27 November 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/51
Earliest possible date
19 November 1755
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of an earthquake felt at Kinsale' from Henry Tom to Richard Brocklesby, 19 November 1755, L&P/3/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_51/letter-of-an-earthquake-felt-at-kinsale-from-henry-tom-to-richard-brocklesby, accessed on 03 November 2024

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