Manuscript A new theory of the Earth founded upon, and more fully Explaining the universal phenomenon, of Earthquakes: Effects of the Magnet; and Doctrine of Tides

Item author: Thomas Wright of Durham

Item date: 1755

(this is an approximate date)

Grant Value: 2,500

Item cost: 12,400

Item date acquired: 2002

Item institution: Durham University Library

Town/City: Durham

Manuscript with 12 ink and wash plates depicting different views of activity in the centre of the earth and a map showing the world as described in the Old Testament. The work was probably inspired by the Lisbon earhquake of 1755 which killed 60,000 people. Illustrated at p.36 of AR

Item Provenance

At one time in the collection of Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham 1791 - 1826, presumed lost until discovered at auction November 2002