Record

RefNoCLP/5/42a
LevelItem
TitleLetter, regarding notes on the weather from John Archer to James Jurin
Date16 April 1725
DescriptionArcher shares 'Depth of Rain at Widdrington in Northumberland observ'd by Reverend Horsely, 1723' and 'Instrument for Estimating the Quantity of Rain was sett upon the top of the House August 8th 1723'. Includes one page with calculations of rainfall.

Subject: Meteorology

Read to the Royal Society on 19 March 1723 [sic]

Written by Archer in Tunbridge Wells [England]
LanguageEnglish
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5031Jurin; James (1684 - 1750); physician1684 - 1750
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