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Derham writes on the construction and use of portable barometers and common open barometers.

Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments / Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 17 July 1712

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CLP/4i/58
Earliest possible date
1712
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Derham

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William Derham, Paper, 'Critical observations concerning barometers' by W [William] Derham, 1712, CLP/4i/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_58/paper-critical-observations-concerning-barometers-by-w-william-derham, accessed on 16 March 2025

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