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RefNoL&P/13/7
LevelFile
TitlePaper, 'Of the imperfections of the common barometers and the improvement made in them by Mr Charles Orme of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, where they are perfected and rectified: with some observations, remarks and rules for their use' by Henry Beighton
Date1736
DescriptionContains two plates.

Subject: Meteorology/Scientific instruments

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The imperfections of the common barometers, and the improvement made in them, by Mr. Cha. Orme of Ashby-de-la-Zouche in Leicestershire, where they are perfected and rectified; with some observations, remarks and rules for their use, by Hen. Beighton, F. R. S'

Read 23 December 1736
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper and two plates
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0041
RelatedRecordL&P/13/7/1
L&P/13/7/2
L&P/13/7/3
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7336Beighton; Henry (- 1743) - 1743
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