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Paper, 'Experiment to show the comparative weight of mercury to water' by Edmond Halley

Reference number: CLP/21/4

Date: 1686

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Read to the Royal Society on 14 April 1686.

Subject: Astronomy

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CLP/21/4
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1686
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'Experiment to show the comparative weight of mercury to water' by Edmond Halley, 1686, CLP/21/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_4/paper-experiment-to-show-the-comparative-weight-of-mercury-to-water-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 05 December 2024

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