Letter, 'The last eruption of Vesuvius' from William Hamilton
Reference number: L&P/4/372
Date: 10 June 1766

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Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Two letters from the Hon. William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples, to the Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society, containing an account of the last eruption of Mount Vesuvius'
Read 5 March 1767
- Reference number
- L&P/4/372
- Earliest possible date
- 10 June 1766
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Hamilton, Letter, 'The last eruption of Vesuvius' from William Hamilton, 10 June 1766, L&P/4/372, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_372/letter-the-last-eruption-of-vesuvius-from-william-hamilton, accessed on 09 February 2025
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