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Letter, 'Barometer readings' from Robert Wardale to James Douglas

Reference number: L&P/4/189

Date: 27 October 1763

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 16 February 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/189
Earliest possible date
27 October 1763
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Barometer readings' from Robert Wardale to James Douglas, 27 October 1763, L&P/4/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_189/letter-barometer-readings-from-robert-wardale-to-james-douglas, accessed on 14 February 2025

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