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Comparison between Sir George Shuckburgh and Colonel Roy's rules for the measurement of heights with the barometer; in a letter to Col. Roy, F.R.S. from Sir George Shuckburgh, Bart. F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, May 7, 1778.
Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804.Date: 1778]- Books
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M. de Luc's rule for measuring heights by the barometer, reduced to the English measure of length, and adapted to Fahrenheit's thermometer, and other scales of heat, and reduced to a more convenient expression. By the Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Society January 13, 1774.
Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811.Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]- Books
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Observations made in Savoy, in order to ascertain the height of mountains by means of the barometer; being an examination of Mr. de Luc's rules, delivered in his Recherches sur les modifications de l'atmosphere. By Sir George Shuckburgh, Bart. F. R. S. Read at the Royal Society, May and 15, 1777.
Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804.Date: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Experiments and observations made in Britain, in order to obtain a rule for measuring heights with the barometer. By Colonel William Roy, F.R.S. Read at the Royal Society, June 12 and 19, and Nov. 6 and 13, 1777.
Roy, William, 1726-1790.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]