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Letter, 'Observations on Dr Huxham's paper on the heat of the air in July 1757' from John Smeaton to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/279

Date: 12 January 1758

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks on the different temperature of the air at Edystone, from that observed at Plymouth, between the 7th and 14th of July 1757'

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L&P/3/279
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12 January 1758
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Smeaton

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John Smeaton, Letter, 'Observations on Dr Huxham's paper on the heat of the air in July 1757' from John Smeaton to the Royal Society, 12 January 1758, L&P/3/279, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_279/letter-observations-on-dr-huxhams-paper-on-the-heat-of-the-air-in-july-1757-from-john-smeaton-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 10 October 2024

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