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Paper, 'Some observations on the heat of wells and springs in Jamaica and of the temperature of the earth below the surface in the different climates' by John Hunter

Reference number: L&P/9/69

Date: 11 December 1787

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some observations on the heat of wells and springs in the island of Jamaica, and on the temperature of the Earth below the surface in different climates'

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Reference number
L&P/9/69
Earliest possible date
11 December 1787
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Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hunter

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John Hunter, Paper, 'Some observations on the heat of wells and springs in Jamaica and of the temperature of the earth below the surface in the different climates' by John Hunter, 11 December 1787, L&P/9/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_69/paper-some-observations-on-the-heat-of-wells-and-springs-in-jamaica-and-of-the-temperature-of-the-earth-below-the-surface-in-the-different-climates-by-john-hunter, accessed on 05 October 2026

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