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AUC HISTORIA UNIVERSITATIS CAROLINAE PRAGENSIS, Vol 59 No 1 (2019), 161–174
Josef Stepling a Royal Society ještě jednou
[Josef Stepling and the Royal Society Once Again]
Josef Smolka
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23365730.2019.20
published online: 30. 01. 2020
abstract
This contribution offers an analysis and edition of the Latin original and Czech translation of already the second letter sent by Josef Stepling to James Short. The letters were found in the Archives of the Royal Society in London. The first dealt with the fall of meteorites in southern Bohemia, the second (subject of the current study) describes how the impact of Lisbon earthquake that took place on 1 November 1755 was felt in the west Bohemian spa town of Teplice. The author also traces Stepling’s later interest in this natural phenomenon.
keywords: Josef Stepling; James Short; Royal Society London; earthquake; Lisbon; 18th century; physics; natural sciences
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