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Letter, 'Observations on a diurnal variation of the barometer between the tropics' from James Horsburgh to Henry Cavendish

Reference number: L&P/12/94

Date: 20 April 1805

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Abstract of observations on a diurnal variation of the barometer between the tropics. By J. Horshburgh, Esq. In a letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S'

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L&P/12/94
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20 April 1805
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12 pages
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James Horsburgh

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James Horsburgh, Letter, 'Observations on a diurnal variation of the barometer between the tropics' from James Horsburgh to Henry Cavendish, 20 April 1805, L&P/12/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_94/letter-observations-on-a-diurnal-variation-of-the-barometer-between-the-tropics-from-james-horsburgh-to-henry-cavendish, accessed on 13 October 2024

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