Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society / from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton ... ; to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished.

  • Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803.
Date:
1773
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Credit: Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and other volcanos: in a series of letters, addressed to the Royal Society / from the Honourable Sir W. Hamilton ... ; to which are added, explanatory notes by the author, hitherto unpublished. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T H E EDIT O R T O THE PUBLIC. HAVING mentioned to Sir Wil liam Hamilton the general Defire of all Lovers of Natu¬ ral Hiflory, that his Letters upon the SubjeCt of Volcanos (hould be col¬ lected together in one Volume, par¬ ticularly for the Convenience of fuch as may have an Opportunity of vifit- ing the curious Spots defcribed in them : He was not only pleafed to A z approve