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Letter, 'Of a new barometer' from Henry Pyefinch to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/308

Date: 20 February 1766

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Subject: Engineering

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L&P/4/308
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20 February 1766
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a new barometer' from Henry Pyefinch to Thomas Birch, 20 February 1766, L&P/4/308, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_308/letter-of-a-new-barometer-from-henry-pyefinch-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 22 January 2025

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