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Graham provides tables of observations of Colonel Molesworth's hourglass from May and June 1722.

Subject: Scientific Instruments

Read to the Royal Society on 7 July 1722

Reference number
CLP/3ii/15
Earliest possible date
1722
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Graham

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George Graham, Observations, 'Account of Coll [Colonel] Molesworth's hourglass' by [George] Graham, 1722, CLP/3ii/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_15/observations-account-of-coll-colonel-molesworths-hourglass-by-george-graham, accessed on 14 February 2026

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