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Letter, 'Thermometric observations at Derby' from John Whitehurst to Benjamin Franklin

Reference number: L&P/4/392

Date: 05 February 1767

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Thermometrical observations at Derby'

Read 14 May 1767

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L&P/4/392
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05 February 1767
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Whitehurst

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John Whitehurst, Letter, 'Thermometric observations at Derby' from John Whitehurst to Benjamin Franklin, 05 February 1767, L&P/4/392, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_392/letter-thermometric-observations-at-derby-from-john-whitehurst-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 08 July 2025

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