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Paper, 'A new baro-thermometer' by Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan

Reference number: L&P/4/288

Date: 06 June 1765

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Contains two plates.

Subject: Engineering

Read 12 December 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/288
Earliest possible date
06 June 1765
Physical description
Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent
17 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Hyacinth de Magellan

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John Hyacinth de Magellan, Paper, 'A new baro-thermometer' by Jean Hyacinthe de Magellan, 06 June 1765, L&P/4/288, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_288/paper-a-new-baro-thermometer-by-jean-hyacinthe-de-magellan, accessed on 26 April 2025

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