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Paper, 'Description of a new barometer for measuring the heights of mountains and other places' by Tiberius Cavallo

Reference number: L&P/8/192

Date: 1786

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Contains plate.

Subject: Scientific instruments

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Reference number
L&P/8/192
Earliest possible date
1786
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Tiberius Cavallo

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Tiberius Cavallo, Paper, 'Description of a new barometer for measuring the heights of mountains and other places' by Tiberius Cavallo, 1786, L&P/8/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_192/paper-description-of-a-new-barometer-for-measuring-the-heights-of-mountains-and-other-places-by-tiberius-cavallo, accessed on 10 December 2024

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