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Letter, from Thomas Nettleton [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/N1/97

Date: 01 January 1725

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Experiments to show the density of air by observing the height of the mercury in a barometer at different elevations
Read to the Royal Society on 15 April 1725

Reference number
EL/N1/97
Earliest possible date
01 January 1725
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Thomas Nettleton

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Thomas Nettleton, Letter, from Thomas Nettleton [to the Royal Society], 01 January 1725, EL/N1/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n1_97/letter-from-thomas-nettleton-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 09 December 2024

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