Letter, 'Of the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius' from Robert Mackinlay to the Earl of Morton
Reference number: L&P/4/49
Date: 09 January 1761
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Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Robert Mackinlay, to the Right Hon. the Earl of Morton, F. R. S. dated at Rome, the 9th January 1761. concerning the late eruption of mount vesuvius, and the discovery of an antient statue of Venus at Rome'
Read 19 February 1761
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- L&P/4/49
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- 09 January 1761
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Of the late eruption of Mount Vesuvius' from Robert Mackinlay to the Earl of Morton, 09 January 1761, L&P/4/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_49/letter-of-the-late-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-from-robert-mackinlay-to-the-earl-of-morton, accessed on 15 October 2024
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X, Extract of a letter from Mr. Robert Mackinlay, to the Right Hon. the Earl of Morton, F. R. S. dated at Rome, the 9th January 1761. concerning the late eruption of mount vesuvius, and the discovery of an antient statue of Venus at Rome External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1761
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1761.0011
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