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Letter, 'Of the ascent of vapours' from Henry Eeles to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/564

Date: 25 September 1754

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Letters of Henry Eeles, Esq; concerning the cause of the ascent of vapour and exhalation, and those of winds; and of the general phænomena of the weather and barometer. To the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S'

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L&P/2/564
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25 September 1754
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the ascent of vapours' from Henry Eeles to Thomas Birch, 25 September 1754, L&P/2/564, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_564/letter-of-the-ascent-of-vapours-from-henry-eeles-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 10 October 2024

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