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Paper, 'Of barometer and thermometer readings for 1766, with notes from Dr William Borlase and from Lancelot St Aubyn on rain at Bridgwater 1765-6' by George Carlyle

Reference number: L&P/4/382

Date: 27 January 1767

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Subject: Meteorology

Read 2 April 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/382
Earliest possible date
27 January 1767
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of barometer and thermometer readings for 1766, with notes from Dr William Borlase and from Lancelot St Aubyn on rain at Bridgwater 1765-6' by George Carlyle, 27 January 1767, L&P/4/382, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_382/paper-of-barometer-and-thermometer-readings-for-1766-with-notes-from-dr-william-borlase-and-from-lancelot-st-aubyn-on-rain-at-bridgwater-1765-6-by-george-carlyle, accessed on 06 February 2025

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