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Paper, 'Additional observations on making a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood

Reference number: L&P/9/1

Date: 1786

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Scientific instruments

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Additional observations on making a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat'

Read 22 June 1786

Reference number
L&P/9/1
Earliest possible date
1786
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Josiah Wedgwood

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Josiah Wedgwood, Paper, 'Additional observations on making a thermometer for measuring the higher degrees of heat' by Josiah Wedgwood, 1786, L&P/9/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_1/paper-additional-observations-on-making-a-thermometer-for-measuring-the-higher-degrees-of-heat-by-josiah-wedgwood, accessed on 01 December 2024

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