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Reference numberEL/F2/11
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Thomas Forster to John Machin, dated at London
CreatorForster; Thomas (fl 1722)
Date12 May 1722
DescriptionConcerning a new island which has emerged from the sea, south-east from the island of Tercera; concerning the effects of fires in southern Germany, particularly on apple trees, with quotations from Tacitus (in Latin)
Read to the Royal Society on 7 June 1722
LanguageLatin
English
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon, England
Origin coordinates51.50853, -0.12574
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Access statusOpen
Related materialPartially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 372, p 100
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/0bdb6525-1e10-4723-bc4d-09519998f7d5
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5999Forster; Thomas (fl 1706 - 1727)fl 1706 - 1727
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