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The construction and use of a thermometer for showing the extremes of temperature in the atmosphere, during the observer's absence. Together with experiments on the variations of local heat and other meteorological observations / By James Six.

  • Six, James, 1731-1793.
Date:
1794
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The construction and use of a thermometer for showing the extremes of temperature in the atmosphere, during the observer's absence. Together with experiments on the variations of local heat and other meteorological observations / By James Six. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. wilt and diftinguifhed himfelf through life by his integrity, fimplicity, and candour. En- dued with a capacity for exploring the depths of fcience, he had an underftanding above the pride and parade of it. Though naturally unobtrufive and retired, he was not unknown as a philofopher ; and his cor- refpondence on {cientific fubjeéts procured him the honour of being elétted a member of our Royal Society, and of that eftablifh- ed at Philadelphia. He watched and well knew the ftate and progrefs of modern dif: -_coveries in every branch of knowledge ; and his talents were particularly and ufe- fully employed in the ftudy of Aftronomy, the Mathematics, and Natural Philofophy in general. Of Painting, as a {cience, few men underftood more correétly the prin- ciples and theory; and his own perform- ances afford no mean proof of his elegant talte, and proficiency in the art. His memory will long be dear to thofe who affociated with him in his private hour, the witneffes of his moral and religious conduét, It is this part of his chara¢ter that