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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A thermometrical account of the weather, for one Year, beginning September 1753. Kept in Maryland, by Mr. Richard Brooke, physician and surgeon in that province. Communicated by Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S'

Read 8 March 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/364
Earliest possible date
1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Baker

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Henry Baker, Letter, 'Of meteorological observations by Richard Brooke in Maryland' from Henry Baker to George Parker, 1759, L&P/3/364, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_364/letter-of-meteorological-observations-by-richard-brooke-in-maryland-from-henry-baker-to-george-parker, accessed on 11 February 2025

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