Paper, 'A description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metalls by heat' by John Elliot
Reference number: CLP/3ii/40
Date: 1736
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Paper describing watchmaker Ellicot's pyrometer. This is later draft of the paper with Elliot's emendations. An earlier draft is found at CLP/3ii/39.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metals by heat'
Read to the Royal Society on 8 April 1736
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- CLP/3ii/40
- Earliest possible date
- 1736
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- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Ellicott, Paper, 'A description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metalls by heat' by John Elliot, 1736, CLP/3ii/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3ii_40/paper-a-description-and-manner-of-using-an-instrument-for-measuring-the-degrees-of-the-expansion-of-metalls-by-heat-by-john-elliot, accessed on 16 April 2026
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I. The description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metals by heat External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1735
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0064
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Paper, 'Description and manner of using an instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of metalls by heat' by John Ellicot
Creator: John Ellicott Reference number: CLP/3ii/39
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