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Letter, 'Of the cause of earthquakes' from Christopher Gullett to Samuel Horsley

Reference number: L&P/7/24

Date: 05 December 1777

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Subject: Meteorology/Geology

Read 8 January 1778

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L&P/7/24
Earliest possible date
05 December 1777
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the cause of earthquakes' from Christopher Gullett to Samuel Horsley, 05 December 1777, L&P/7/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_24/letter-of-the-cause-of-earthquakes-from-christopher-gullett-to-samuel-horsley, accessed on 06 December 2025

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