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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a volcanic hill near Inverness. In a letter from Thomas West, Esq. to Mr. Lane, F.R.S'

Read 12 December 1776

Reference number
L&P/6/214
Earliest possible date
27 October 1776
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a volcanic hill near Inverness' from Thomas West to Timothy Lane, 27 October 1776, L&P/6/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_214/letter-of-a-volcanic-hill-near-inverness-from-thomas-west-to-timothy-lane, accessed on 11 February 2025

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