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Contents PART I THE SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND 1 The Prehistory of the Barometer 2 The Torricellian Experiment 3 The 'Extraordinary Effervescence' 4 Seventeenth-century Experiments and Speculations
the onset of the more agile aneroid barometer put pay to the success of many of these fascinating instruments and they are therefore seldom encountered
This superbly executed medal was awarded and individually engraved to each of the 1862 Exhibitors that were bestowed with a prize for their efforts
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