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Letter, 'The earthquake at Hafodunos, near Denbigh' from John Lloyd

Reference number: L&P/7/193

Date: 31 December 1780

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Subjeect: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of an earthquake at Hafodunos near Denbigh'

Read 5 April 1781

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L&P/7/193
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31 December 1780
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Lloyd

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John Lloyd, Letter, 'The earthquake at Hafodunos, near Denbigh' from John Lloyd, 31 December 1780, L&P/7/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_193/letter-the-earthquake-at-hafodunos-near-denbigh-from-john-lloyd, accessed on 15 February 2026

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