A hygrometer
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                                1764
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                James Ferguson (1710 - 1776, British) , Astronomer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                p165
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (paper): 293mm
width (paper): 211mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (paper): 211mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Design of a hygrometer.
Printed in J. Ferguson, 'The Description of a New Hygrometer', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 54 (1764), pp. 259-60.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Printed in J. Ferguson, 'The Description of a New Hygrometer', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 54 (1764), pp. 259-60.
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                                In ink: Tab XVI pg. 259. In pencil: Mr Mynde.  If a breadth of this plate be a little too long for the Page, you may set Fig. 2 a little nearer to Fig. 1.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Transcribed by the Making Visible project
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                                James Ferguson (1710 - 1776, British) , Instrument maker
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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