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Letter from William Derham to Hans Sloane 'about a contrivance to measure the height of the Mercury in the Barometer by a Circle on one of the weather Plates'

Reference number: RBO/7/75

Date: 1698

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Letter dated 3 January 1698
Also gives explanations for a diary of weather observations for 1697 which was sent

Reference number
RBO/7/75
Earliest possible date
1698
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William Derham to Hans Sloane 'about a contrivance to measure the height of the Mercury in the Barometer by a Circle on one of the weather Plates', 1698, RBO/7/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_75/letter-from-william-derham-to-hans-sloane-about-a-contrivance-to-measure-the-height-of-the-mercury-in-the-barometer-by-a-circle-on-one-of-the-weather-plates, accessed on 10 April 2026

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