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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Abstract of a register of the barometer, thermometer, and rain at Lyndon in Rutland, in 1786. By Thomas Barker, Esq. Also of the rain at South-Lambeth, in Surrey; and at Selbourn and Fyfield, Hampshire. Communicated by Thomas White, Esq. F. R. S'

Read 21 June 1787

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L&P/9/59
Earliest possible date
1787
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Meteorological register at Lyndon, 1786' by Thomas Barker, 1787, L&P/9/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_59/paper-meteorological-register-at-lyndon-1786-by-thomas-barker, accessed on 22 July 2026

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