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Letter, 'Of the earthquake of Nov 1, at Lisbon' from Richard Wolfall to James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/3/62

Date: 22 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 18 December 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/62
Earliest possible date
22 November 1755
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the earthquake of Nov 1, at Lisbon' from Richard Wolfall to James Parsons, 22 November 1755, L&P/3/62, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_62/letter-of-the-earthquake-of-nov-1-at-lisbon-from-richard-wolfall-to-james-parsons, accessed on 19 January 2025

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