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Letter from Robert Mallet, on his paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857'

Reference number: RR/4/161

Date: 25 October 1860

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Author wishes an update on the decision to print his paper in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Geography

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1859].

Reference number
RR/4/161
Earliest possible date
25 October 1860
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Letter from Robert Mallet, on his paper 'Report to the Royal Society of the expedition into the Kingdom of Naples to investigate the circumstances of the earthquake of the 16th December 1857', 25 October 1860, RR/4/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_161/letter-from-robert-mallet-on-his-paper-report-to-the-royal-society-of-the-expedition-into-the-kingdom-of-naples-to-investigate-the-circumstances-of-the-earthquake-of-the-16th-december-1857, accessed on 26 April 2025

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