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Paper, 'Barometri novi descriptio' [Description of a new barometer] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit

Reference number: CLP/4i/71

Date: 14 May 1724

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Fahrenheit gives a description of a barometer and provides details of experiments made using the barometer with boiling liquid. Includes one figure of a temperature scale.

Subject: Thermodynamics

Read to the Royal Society on 14 May 1724

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Barometri novi descriptio'

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CLP/4i/71
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14 May 1724
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3 pages
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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

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Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Paper, 'Barometri novi descriptio' [Description of a new barometer] by D G [Daniel Gabriel] Fahrenheit, 14 May 1724, CLP/4i/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_71/paper-barometri-novi-descriptio-description-of-a-new-barometer-by-d-g-daniel-gabriel-fahrenheit, accessed on 03 October 2024

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