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Paper, 'Observations on the earthquake of Nov 1 made at Colares, 20 miles from Lisbon' by Stoqueler

Reference number: L&P/3/99

Date: 1756

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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 5 February 1756

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L&P/3/99
Earliest possible date
1756
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations on the earthquake of Nov 1 made at Colares, 20 miles from Lisbon' by Stoqueler, 1756, L&P/3/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_99/paper-observations-on-the-earthquake-of-nov-1-made-at-colares-20-miles-from-lisbon-by-stoqueler, accessed on 13 October 2024

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