Conjectures concerning the cause, and observations upon the Phaenomena, of earthquakes;. Particularly of That great Earthquake of the first of November 1755, which proved so fatal to the City of Lisbon, and whose Effects were felt as far as Africa, and more or less throughout almost all Europe. By the Reverend John Michell, M. A. Fellow of Queen’s-College, Cambridge.
John Michell (1724-1793)
Category
Books
Date
1760
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3171397
Summary
Bibliographic description
71,[1]p.,plate. ill.. 4to Binding: Early twentieth-century quarter red morocco; red cloth sides; gilt spine title: ‘Earthquakes – Michell’; binder's stamp: Birdsall & Son, Northampton
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
John Michell (1724-1793)