Reference number | L&P/5/71 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, 'Of Mount Vesuvius' from William Hamilton to Matthew Maty |
Date | 4 October 1768 |
Description | Subject: Archaeology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Honourable William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples, to Mathew Maty, M.D. Sec. R. S. containing some farther particulars on Mount Vesuvius, and other volcanos in the neighbourhood'
Read 2 February 1769 |
Extent | 7p |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1769.0004 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA2732 | Hamilton; Sir; William (1730 - 1803) | 1730 - 1803 |
NA4514 | Maty; Matthew (1718 - 1776) | 1718 - 1776 |