Record

RefNoCMB/1/4/2
AltRefNoCMB/1/36
LevelFile
TitleMinutes of a meeting of a Committee for examining the state of the Meteorological Instruments belonging to the Royal Society
Date25 April 1822
DescriptionPresent at the meeting: the President in the chair; Mr Babbage; Mr Brande; Mr Combe; Mr Daniell; Mr Gilbert; Mr Herschel; Captain Kater

Minutes of the last committee were read

' Resolved;
1. That the construction of two Barometers one a Syphon and the other a Cistern Barometer be entrusted to Mr Newman of Leslie Street under the direction of this Committee
2. That the consideration of a Thermometer and of a Thermometer Scale, be deferred to another meeting of this Committee
3. That one of Daniels Hygrometers be ordered for tye use of teh Society for Mr Newman. '
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FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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