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Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Lyndon, 1771' from T Barker to James West

Reference number: L&P/5/277

Date: 18 January 1772

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of Mr. T. Barker's meteorological register at Lyndon in Rutland, in a letter to James West, Esq, Pres. R. S.'

Read 13 February 1772

Reference number
L&P/5/277
Earliest possible date
18 January 1772
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Lyndon, 1771' from T Barker to James West, 18 January 1772, L&P/5/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_277/letter-meteorological-observations-at-lyndon-1771-from-t-barker-to-james-west, accessed on 26 March 2025

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