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LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Digest of various accounts of the earthquake of 8-9 Feb 1749/50' from William Barlow to Martin Folkes
Date1750
DescriptionSubject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The Rev. Mr. Wm. Barlow to the President, concerning a shock of an earthquake felt at Plymouth, about one o' clock in the morning, between the 8th and 9th of Feb. 1749-50'

Read 24 May 1750
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1749.0156
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8378Folkes; Martin (1690 - 1754); antiquary and natural philosopher1690 - 1754
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