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Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Dublin' from James Simon to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/386

Date: 15 November 1753

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Contains tables.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the barometer, and the state of the weather, at Dublin, from the 7 of March 1752, to the 28 of February 1753'

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L&P/2/386
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15 November 1753
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Ink on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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James Simon

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James Simon, Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Dublin' from James Simon to Thomas Birch, 15 November 1753, L&P/2/386, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_386/letter-meteorological-observations-at-dublin-from-james-simon-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 15 March 2026

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