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Paper, 'Of an improved thermometer' by James Six

Reference number: L&P/7/240

Date: 10 February 1782

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Contains plate.

Subject: Scientific instruments

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of an improved thermometer'

Read 28 February 1782

Reference number
L&P/7/240
Earliest possible date
10 February 1782
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
18 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Six

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James Six, Paper, 'Of an improved thermometer' by James Six, 10 February 1782, L&P/7/240, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_240/paper-of-an-improved-thermometer-by-james-six, accessed on 03 December 2024

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