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Paper, 'Account of the weight, temper and motion of the air and other particulars relating to the weather at Tunbridge Wells in Kent' by Reverend John Archer

Reference number: CLP/5/42

Date: 16 April 1725

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Archer provides details of the barometer and thermometer used and gives explanations about the symbols used.
The tables show date, time, barometric reading, temperature, wind direction and clouds for the period of February 1723 to March 1724.

Subject: Meteorology

Reference number
CLP/5/42
Earliest possible date
16 April 1725
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Ink on paper
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59 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Account of the weight, temper and motion of the air and other particulars relating to the weather at Tunbridge Wells in Kent' by Reverend John Archer, 16 April 1725, CLP/5/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_5_42/paper-account-of-the-weight-temper-and-motion-of-the-air-and-other-particulars-relating-to-the-weather-at-tunbridge-wells-in-kent-by-reverend-john-archer, accessed on 15 March 2026

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