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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the formation of Islands. By Alexander Dalrymple, Esquire. Communicated by C. Morton, M. D. S. R. S'

Read 2 July 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/405
Earliest possible date
04 May 1767
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Alexander Dalrymple

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Alexander Dalrymple, Paper, 'Of the formation of islands' by Alexander Dalrymple, 04 May 1767, L&P/4/405, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_405/paper-of-the-formation-of-islands-by-alexander-dalrymple, accessed on 13 July 2026

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