Part of a letter from William Derham, Rector of Upminster, dated December 6 1697, 'Giving an account of Some experiments about the height of the Mercury in the Barometer at the Top and bottom of the Monument and about Portable Barometers'
Reference number: RBO/7/73
Date: 1697
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Experiments to show the variation of mercury at different heights
- Reference number
- RBO/7/73
- Earliest possible date
- 1697
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Part of a letter from William Derham, Rector of Upminster, dated December 6 1697, 'Giving an account of Some experiments about the height of the Mercury in the Barometer at the Top and bottom of the Monument and about Portable Barometers', 1697, RBO/7/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_73/part-of-a-letter-from-william-derham-rector-of-upminster-dated-december-6-1697-giving-an-account-of-some-experiments-about-the-height-of-the-mercury-in-the-barometer-at-the-top-and-bottom-of-the-monument-and-about-portable-barometers, accessed on 20 January 2025
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Letter, from William Derham to Hans Sloane, dated at Upminster
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 7, copies of papers communicated 1687-1698
1687-1698 Reference number: RBO/7
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