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Paper, 'Of the indication of the black-bulk thermometer' by Timothy Lane

Reference number: L&P/6/255

Date: 1777

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Subject: Physics

Read 17 April 1777

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L&P/6/255
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1777
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Timothy Lane

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Timothy Lane, Paper, 'Of the indication of the black-bulk thermometer' by Timothy Lane, 1777, L&P/6/255, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_255/paper-of-the-indication-of-the-black-bulk-thermometer-by-timothy-lane, accessed on 14 November 2025

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