Paper, 'Calculation of heights by the barometer' by Samuel Horsley
Reference number: L&P/6/33
Date: 1773
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Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'M. de luc's rules, for the measurement of heights by the barometer, compared with theory, and reduced to English measures of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's scale of the thermometer: with tables and precepts, for expediting the practical application of them.'
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- L&P/6/33
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- 1773
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 18 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Samuel Horsley, Paper, 'Calculation of heights by the barometer' by Samuel Horsley, 1773, L&P/6/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_33/paper-calculation-of-heights-by-the-barometer-by-samuel-horsley, accessed on 20 June 2025
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XXX. M. de luc's rules, for the measurement of heights by the barometer, compared with theory, and reduced to English measures of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's scale of the thermometer: with tables and precepts, for expediting the practical application of them. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1774
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1774.0030
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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