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Letter, from Henry Forth to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Darlington

Reference number: EL/F2/42

Date: 05 March 1737

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Sends his meteorological observations, mentioned in EL/F2/41, with some explanations about his thermometer

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EL/F2/42
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05 March 1737
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Henry Forth

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Henry Forth, Letter, from Henry Forth to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Darlington, 05 March 1737, EL/F2/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f2_42/letter-from-henry-forth-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-darlington, accessed on 11 May 2026

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