Letter, 'Of the height of his rain gauge' from Thomas Barker to James West

Reference number: L&P/5/247

Date: 04 June 1771

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A second letter from Mr. Barker to the President, on the same subject; together with the determination of the latititude of Stamford, in Lincolnshire'

Read 13 June 1771

Reference number: L&P/5/247
Earliest possible date: 04 June 1771
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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James West, Letter, 'Of the height of his rain gauge' from Thomas Barker to James West, 04 June 1771, L&P/5/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_247/letter-of-the-height-of-his-rain-gauge-from-thomas-barker-to-james-west, accessed on 18 April 2025

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XXVIII. A second letter from Mr. Barker to the President, on the same subject; together with the determination of the latititude of Stamford, in Lincolnshire External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1771

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1771.0028

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5

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