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Unpublished letter, 'Results of a registering rain-gauge for the year 1817' from B [Benjamin] Bevan to Sir Joseph Banks

Reference number: AP/8A/3

Date: 18 February 1818

Description

Bevan sends his monthly results from his registering rain gauge, providing details on each rainshower, its duration, and the rate of rainfall. Minor annotations appear in graphite.

Subject: Meteorology

Written by Bevan in Leighton [Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England] and addressed to Banks in Soho Square, London. Postmarked 19 February 1818. Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1818.

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AP/8A/3
Earliest possible date
18 February 1818
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, 'Results of a registering rain-gauge for the year 1817' from B [Benjamin] Bevan to Sir Joseph Banks, 18 February 1818, AP/8A/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a_3/unpublished-letter-results-of-a-registering-rain-gauge-for-the-year-1817-from-b-benjamin-bevan-to-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 06 March 2026

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