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Letter, 'Concerning an earthquake' from John Lloyd to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/8/12

Date: 16 November 1782

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of an earthquake. By John Lloyd, Esq. in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 23 January 1783

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L&P/8/12
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16 November 1782
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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, 'Concerning an earthquake' from John Lloyd to Joseph Banks, 16 November 1782, L&P/8/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_12/letter-concerning-an-earthquake-from-john-lloyd-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 20 March 2025

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