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1Author:  Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796Requires cookie*
 Title:  Meteorological observations, 1784     
 Dates:  1784 
 Abstract:  This slender volume contains meteorological and some astronomical data taken at Wilmington, Delaware from July 1 to October 14, 1784. In addition to the data, the volume contains marginalia on the weather, his astronomical clock, and his calculations for finishing the Mason-Dixon Line.

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 Call #:  Mss.526.62.R51 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Pennsylvania History | Surveying and Maps 
 Genre:  Maps and Surveys | Meteorological Data | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Astronomy -- Observations. | Longitude. | Meteorology -- Observations.