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RefNoL&P/4/372
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'The last eruption of Vesuvius' from William Hamilton
Date10 June 1766
DescriptionSubject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Two letters from the Hon. William Hamilton, His Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at Naples, to the Earl of Morton, President of the Royal Society, containing an account of the last eruption of Mount Vesuvius'

Read 5 March 1767
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1767.0021
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2732Hamilton; Sir; William (1730 - 1803)1730 - 1803
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