| Reference number | L&P/6/33 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Calculation of heights by the barometer' by Samuel Horsley |
| Date | 1773 |
| Description | Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'M. de luc's rules, for the measurement of heights by the barometer, compared with theory, and reduced to English measures of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's scale of the thermometer: with tables and precepts, for expediting the practical application of them.'
Contains three figures. |
| Extent | 18p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1774.0030 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6920 | Horsley; Samuel (1733 - 1806); mathematician | 1733 - 1806 |