Letter, 'A Giant's Causeway near Padua' from John Strange to John Pringle
Reference number: L&P/6/123
Date: 1775
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Subject: Geology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a curious giant's causeway, or group of angular columns, newly discovered in the Euganean Hills, near Padua, in Italy. In a letter from John Strange, Esq. F.R.S. to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S.'
Read 15 June 1775
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- L&P/6/123
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- 1775
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- 44 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Strange, Letter, 'A Giant's Causeway near Padua' from John Strange to John Pringle, 1775, L&P/6/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_123/letter-a-giants-causeway-near-padua-from-john-strange-to-john-pringle, accessed on 23 April 2025
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XLI. An account of a curious giant's causeway, or group of angular columns, newly discovered in the Euganean Hills, near Padua, in Italy. In a letter from John Strange, Esq. F.R.S. to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1775
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1775.0042
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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