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'Description and manner of using an Instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of Metals by heat' by John Ellicot

Reference number: RBO/19/59

Date: 1736

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Read to the Royal Society on 8 April 1736

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RBO/19/59
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1736
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4 pages
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'Description and manner of using an Instrument for measuring the degrees of the expansion of Metals by heat' by John Ellicot, 1736, RBO/19/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_59/description-and-manner-of-using-an-instrument-for-measuring-the-degrees-of-the-expansion-of-metals-by-heat-by-john-ellicot, accessed on 20 July 2025

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