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Letter, 'Of thermometers and their graduation' from Jean Castillon to unknown recipient

Reference number: L&P/7/154

Date: 25 February 1780

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4 pages in French and 17 pages in English.

Subject: Scientific insturments

Read 20 April 1780

Reference number
L&P/7/154
Earliest possible date
25 February 1780
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
21 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of thermometers and their graduation' from Jean Castillon to unknown recipient, 25 February 1780, L&P/7/154, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_154/letter-of-thermometers-and-their-graduation-from-jean-castillon-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 23 January 2026

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