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Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Lyndon, 1775; on parting fresh water from salt by freezing' from Thomas Barker to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/6/192

Date: 1776

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Subject: Meteorology/Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain, at Lyndon, in Rutland, 1775'

Read 27 June 1776

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L&P/6/192
Earliest possible date
1776
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Meteorological observations at Lyndon, 1775; on parting fresh water from salt by freezing' from Thomas Barker to John Pringle, 1776, L&P/6/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_192/letter-meteorological-observations-at-lyndon-1775-on-parting-fresh-water-from-salt-by-freezing-from-thomas-barker-to-john-pringle, accessed on 12 May 2026

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