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RefNoL&P/3/68
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Of the earthquake' from Spencer Cowper? to William Clavering Cowper
Date30 November 1755
DescriptionSubject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the earthquake, Novem. 1, 1755, as felt in the lead mines in Derbyshire; In a letter from the reverend Mr. Bullock to Lewis Crusius, D. D. F. R. S.
The attribution to the Dean of Durham Cathedral, Spencer Cowper, which appears at the top of the letter may be erroneous and relate instead to the preceding letter. This letter may be by Wm [William] Bullock instead.

Read 18 December 1755
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0060
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3695Cowper; William Clavering (1709 - 1764); 2nd Earl Cowper1709 - 1764
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