| RefNo | CLP/9i/47 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of the damage that hapnd in the Isle of Portland the 3rd of February 1695' by unknown author |
| Date | [1695] |
| Description | Account by an unknown author regarding the partial sinking and damage to the Great Peer [Pier], the Little Peer [Pier], and the path leading from the quarry at Portland in Dorset. Discusses financial damage of 'several thousand pounds' and the impact on local labourers who work in the quarry.
Subject: Flood damage
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the damage that hapned in the Isle of Portland the third of February, 1695/96. communicated by the Honourable Sir Robert Southwell, F. R. S'.
Communicated by Rob [Robert] Southwell. Read to the Royal Society on 12 February 1695. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0116 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8282 | Southwell; Sir; Robert (1635 - 1702); diplomat and government official | 1635 - 1702 |