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Barometer and Thermometer, 1820

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Reference Code: GBR/0279/CPS 16/8

Scope and Contents

[Fixed to end of bookshelves inside the door of the Henslow Room as at June 2015.]

Dates

  • Creation: 1820

Extent

2 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given to the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1820 by Edward Troughton, one of the Society's first Honorary Fellows.

Related Materials

See CPS 6/1/2/1 for Edward Troughton's letter of acceptance of honorary membership of the Society, 1820, in which he proposed to donate these items 'to show my gratitude - for the honor done to my name'.

Bibliography

See p. 64 of A Rupert Hall, 'The Cambridge Philosophical Society: A History 1819-1969' for a photograph of the two items.

Originator(s)

Unknown

Finding aid date

2015-06-17 11:32:18+00:00

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Repository

The Cambridge Philosophical Society website
Contact:
CPS Archivist, Joan Bullock-Anderson
c/o Sedgwick Museum Archives, A G Brighton Building
Madingley Rise
Cambridge CB3 0UD

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