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RefNoAP/33/28
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Report of the general process adopted in calibrating and comparing the standard meteorological instruments for Kew Observatory [London]' by John Welsh
Date22 March 1852
DescriptionWelsh describes in detail the construction, verification, calibration and graduation of thermometers to be used at Kew Observatory.

Subject: Scientific apparatus and instruments / Meteorology

Received 6 May 1852. Communicated by Colonel [Edward] Sabine.

Written by Welsh at Kew Observatory.

This paper was published in full in volume 6 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'Report of the general process adopted in graduating and comparing the standard meteorological instruments for the Kew observatory'.
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FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0066
RelatedRecordAP/33/29
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1680Welsh; John (1824 - 1859)1824 - 1859
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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