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Paper, 'Experiments to ascertain the heights of mountains by the barometer' by George Augustus William Shuckburgh

Reference number: L&P/6/247

Date: 1777

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Contains plate.

Subject: Mathematics/Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations made in Savoy, in order to ascertain the height of mountains by means of the barometer; being an examination of Mr. De Luc's Rules, delivered in his Recherches sur les Modifications de l'atmosphere'

Read 8 May 1777

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L&P/6/247
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1777
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
79 pages
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Manuscript

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George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn

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George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, Paper, 'Experiments to ascertain the heights of mountains by the barometer' by George Augustus William Shuckburgh, 1777, L&P/6/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_247/paper-experiments-to-ascertain-the-heights-of-mountains-by-the-barometer-by-george-augustus-william-shuckburgh, accessed on 06 March 2026

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