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Paper, 'Description of an instrument to measure the force of the wind' by Benjamin Wiseman

Reference number: L&P/10/56

Date: 14 January 1793

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Contains plate.

Subject: Scientific instruments/Meteorology

Read 20 June 1793

Reference number
L&P/10/56
Earliest possible date
14 January 1793
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Description of an instrument to measure the force of the wind' by Benjamin Wiseman, 14 January 1793, L&P/10/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_56/paper-description-of-an-instrument-to-measure-the-force-of-the-wind-by-benjamin-wiseman, accessed on 09 March 2026

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