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RefNoL&P/10/14
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TitleLetter, 'Description of an earthquake near Grantham on 25 February 1792' from Edmund Turnor to Joseph Banks
Date10 March 1792
DescriptionSubject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A narrative of the earthquake felt in Lincolnshire, and the neighbouring counties, on the 25th of February, 1792. In a letter from Edmund Turnor, Esq. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 10 May 1792
Extent10p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1792.0018
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2681Turnor; Edmund (1756 - 1829)1756 - 1829
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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