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Discusses being able to discover the air pressure at sea, and how it would help forecasting weather change, making it easier to prepare for storms.

Subject: Meteorology, Oceanography

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CLP/20/48
Earliest possible date
02 January 1668
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Some wayes of discovering the various pressure of the air at sea' by Robert Hooke, 02 January 1668, CLP/20/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_48/paper-some-wayes-of-discovering-the-various-pressure-of-the-air-at-sea-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 22 January 2026

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