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Letter, 'Of an improved barometer' from James Ferguson to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/279

Date: 08 November 1765

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Contains figure.

Subject: Engineering

Read 14 November 1765

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L&P/4/279
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08 November 1765
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Ferguson

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James Ferguson, Letter, 'Of an improved barometer' from James Ferguson to Thomas Birch, 08 November 1765, L&P/4/279, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_279/letter-of-an-improved-barometer-from-james-ferguson-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 15 October 2024

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