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Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Cornwall in the autumn of 1783' from Jonathan Watson to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/8/118

Date: 09 February 1784

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Subject: Meteorology

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Reference number
L&P/8/118
Earliest possible date
09 February 1784
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Jonathan Watson

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Jonathan Watson, Letter, 'Of the earthquake in Cornwall in the autumn of 1783' from Jonathan Watson to Joseph Banks, 09 February 1784, L&P/8/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_118/letter-of-the-earthquake-in-cornwall-in-the-autumn-of-1783-from-jonathan-watson-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 16 February 2025

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