Letter, 'Of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius' from Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles to Philip Carteret Webb
Reference number: L&P/4/42
Date: 23 December 1760
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Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of an eruption of mount vesuvius: In a letter to Philip Carteret Webb, Esq; F. R. S. from Sir Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles, Bart. F. R. S'
Read 29 January 1761
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- L&P/4/42
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- 23 December 1760
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- Ink on paper
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles, Letter, 'Of an eruption of Mount Vesuvius' from Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles to Philip Carteret Webb, 23 December 1760, L&P/4/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_42/letter-of-an-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-from-francis-haskins-eyles-stiles-to-philip-carteret-webb, accessed on 20 March 2025
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Date: 31st December 1761
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1761.0009
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Decade 4 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1760-1767 Reference number: L&P/4
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Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles
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