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Paper,'Quicksilver experiment at Mamhead' by William Ball

Reference number: CLP/4i/1

Date: 1661

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Table of meteorological observations dating from October 1659-May 1661 that records time, place, weather conditions, water in the weather-glass, and height of quicksilver.

Subject: Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1661

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CLP/4i/1
Earliest possible date
1661
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
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Manuscript

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William Ball

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William Ball, Paper,'Quicksilver experiment at Mamhead' by William Ball, 1661, CLP/4i/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_1/paperquicksilver-experiment-at-mamhead-by-william-ball, accessed on 19 April 2026

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