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Letter, 'Heat of London and Edinburgh compared' from John Roebuck to William Heberden

Reference number: L&P/6/126

Date: 1775

Description

Contains table.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A comparison of the heat of London and Edinburgh. By John Roebuck. M.D. F. R. S. in a letter to William Heberden, M.D. F. R. S'

Read 29 June 1775

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L&P/6/126
Earliest possible date
1775
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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John Roebuck

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John Roebuck, Letter, 'Heat of London and Edinburgh compared' from John Roebuck to William Heberden, 1775, L&P/6/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_126/letter-heat-of-london-and-edinburgh-compared-from-john-roebuck-to-william-heberden, accessed on 12 December 2024

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