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Unpublished observations, 'A state of the weather at Edinburgh for the month of February 1783' by unknown author

Reference number: AP/5/1

Date: 01 February 1783

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Table of meteorological observations taken using a thermometer and a barometer in the Custom House in Edinburgh [Scotland] and 8 o'clock every morning from 1-28 February 1783.

Subject: Meteorology

Reference number
AP/5/1
Earliest possible date
01 February 1783
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished observations, 'A state of the weather at Edinburgh for the month of February 1783' by unknown author, 01 February 1783, AP/5/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_5_1/unpublished-observations-a-state-of-the-weather-at-edinburgh-for-the-month-of-february-1783-by-unknown-author, accessed on 17 April 2026

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