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Letter, 'Variation of local heat as determined by a special thermometer' from James Six to Francis Wollaston

Reference number: L&P/8/89

Date: 10 March 1784

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Contains two pages of tables.

Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments to investigate the variation of local heat'

Read 10 June 1784

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L&P/8/89
Earliest possible date
10 March 1784
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
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Manuscript

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James Six

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James Six, Letter, 'Variation of local heat as determined by a special thermometer' from James Six to Francis Wollaston, 10 March 1784, L&P/8/89, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_89/letter-variation-of-local-heat-as-determined-by-a-special-thermometer-from-james-six-to-francis-wollaston, accessed on 27 April 2025

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