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Letter, 'Essay towards discovering the degree of cold' from Joseph Mead to Joseph Planta

Reference number: L&P/6/205

Date: 01 September 1774

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Subject: Meteorology/Mathematics

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L&P/6/205
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01 September 1774
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Ink on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Essay towards discovering the degree of cold' from Joseph Mead to Joseph Planta, 01 September 1774, L&P/6/205, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_205/letter-essay-towards-discovering-the-degree-of-cold-from-joseph-mead-to-joseph-planta, accessed on 21 January 2025

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