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Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury

Reference number: EL/G1/51

Date: 02 May 1698

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Concerning an instrument which can measure more precisely the height of mercury in a barometer
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Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1698

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EL/G1/51
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02 May 1698
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Stephen Gray

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Stephen Gray, Letter, from Stephen Gray to Hans Sloane, dated at Canterbury, 02 May 1698, EL/G1/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_51/letter-from-stephen-gray-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-canterbury, accessed on 20 March 2025

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