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Letter, 'On barometers' [English translation] from Samuel Christian Hollman to Cromell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/1/97

Date: 01 September 1742

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English translation. Contains three tables.

Subject: Mathematics

Read 20 May 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/97
Earliest possible date
01 September 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Samuel Christian Hollman

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Samuel Christian Hollman, Letter, 'On barometers' [English translation] from Samuel Christian Hollman to Cromell Mortimer, 01 September 1742, L&P/1/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_97/letter-on-barometers-english-translation-from-samuel-christian-hollman-to-cromell-mortimer, accessed on 20 July 2025

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