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Letter, from Richard Towneley to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Towneley

Reference number: EL/T/22

Date: 15 April 1672

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Observations of a sealed thermometer placed in a coal pit; hopes to be able to observe the spot on Jupiter
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1672

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EL/T/22
Earliest possible date
15 April 1672
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Richard Towneley

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Richard Towneley, Letter, from Richard Towneley to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Towneley, 15 April 1672, EL/T/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_22/letter-from-richard-towneley-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-towneley, accessed on 13 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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