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Letter, 'The eruption of Vesuvius' from Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles to Daniel Wray

Reference number: L&P/4/44

Date: 29 December 1760

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Another account of the same eruption of mount vesuvius: In a letter to Daniel Wray, Esq; F. R. S. from Sir Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles, Bart. F. R. S'

Read 5 February 1761

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L&P/4/44
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29 December 1760
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles

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Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles, Letter, 'The eruption of Vesuvius' from Francis Haskins Eyles Stiles to Daniel Wray, 29 December 1760, L&P/4/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_44/letter-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-from-francis-haskins-eyles-stiles-to-daniel-wray, accessed on 22 April 2025

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