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Unpublished paper, 'Description of a self registering thermometer and barometer unveiled by the late James Coggan Esq and bequeathed by him to the Royal Society' by Roderick Impey Murchison

Reference number: AP/21/14

Date: 1838

Description

Murchison writes that his late friend, Coggan, asked that his self-registering thermometer and barometer be presented to the Royal Society, and shares a brief description of the equipment. Marked on back as 'archives'.

Subject: Engineering

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AP/21/14
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1838
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Roderick Impey Murchison

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Roderick Impey Murchison, Unpublished paper, 'Description of a self registering thermometer and barometer unveiled by the late James Coggan Esq and bequeathed by him to the Royal Society' by Roderick Impey Murchison, 1838, AP/21/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_21_14/unpublished-paper-description-of-a-self-registering-thermometer-and-barometer-unveiled-by-the-late-james-coggan-esq-and-bequeathed-by-him-to-the-royal-society-by-roderick-impey-murchison, accessed on 22 January 2026

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