A Description of a new Thermometer and Barometer, by Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S.
Read before the Royal Society on May 7, 1761, A Description of a new Thermometer and Barometer: In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, from Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. describes the improvements in the thermometer and barometer design, presented to the Royal Society a year earlier, that will increase the accuracy of the instruments and will record their readings so that one can review them directly or when they return at some later time.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 52, For the Years 1761 & 1762, pages 146-154, plus one large extended plate that shows four figures supporting the text. This volume was published in 1763. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the paper is good/very good. The illustration accompanying this description shows the first page of the paper.
Keane Fitzgerald (? – June 1782) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. [Wikipedia]
George Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1747. [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society on May 7, 1761, A Description of a new Thermometer and Barometer: In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, from Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. describes the improvements in the thermometer and barometer design, presented to the Royal Society a year earlier, that will increase the accuracy of the instruments and will record their readings so that one can review them directly or when they return at some later time.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 52, For the Years 1761 & 1762, pages 146-154, plus one large extended plate that shows four figures supporting the text. This volume was published in 1763. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the paper is good/very good. The illustration accompanying this description shows the first page of the paper.
Keane Fitzgerald (? – June 1782) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. [Wikipedia]
George Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1747. [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society on May 7, 1761, A Description of a new Thermometer and Barometer: In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, from Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. describes the improvements in the thermometer and barometer design, presented to the Royal Society a year earlier, that will increase the accuracy of the instruments and will record their readings so that one can review them directly or when they return at some later time.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 52, For the Years 1761 & 1762, pages 146-154, plus one large extended plate that shows four figures supporting the text. This volume was published in 1763. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the paper is good/very good. The illustration accompanying this description shows the first page of the paper.
Keane Fitzgerald (? – June 1782) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. [Wikipedia]
George Parker, 3rd Earl of Macclesfield FRS (12 October 1723 – 9 February 1795), styled Viscount Parker between 1732 and 1764, was a British peer and politician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1747. [Wikipedia]