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Paper, 'Some account of the strata and volcanic appearances in the North of Ireland and the Western islands of Scotland' by Abraham Mills

Reference number: L&P/9/158

Date: 21 January 1790

Description

Contains three plates.

Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some account of the strata and volcanic appearances in the North of Ireland and Western Islands of Scotland. In two letters from Abraham Mills, Esq. to John Lloyd, Esq. F. R. S'

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Reference number
L&P/9/158
Earliest possible date
21 January 1790
Physical description
Ink on paper and three plates
Page extent
33 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Abraham Mills

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Abraham Mills, Paper, 'Some account of the strata and volcanic appearances in the North of Ireland and the Western islands of Scotland' by Abraham Mills, 21 January 1790, L&P/9/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_158/paper-some-account-of-the-strata-and-volcanic-appearances-in-the-north-of-ireland-and-the-western-islands-of-scotland-by-abraham-mills, accessed on 19 March 2025

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