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[Bill of account] 1833 Dec 25 [to] A. Royle / J. Dalton. [Account in the sum of £1-4s-Od for sixteen lessons. Mounted on card]

Bill of account

1833

[Letter] 1788 6th mo. [Jun] 21, Kendal [to] Peter Crosthwaite, The Museum Keswick / John Dalton, [enclosing copy of his journal and discussing the extra column for "the tides of the air" and their possible influence on the weather and the aurora borealis. Mentions difficulty in obtaining a thermometer and notes differences in barometer readings. Has heard of an article questioning the heights of various hills in the lake district]

Letter 1788 6th mo. [Jun] 21

1788

[Letter] 1837 [Mar.] 17, Manchester [to] T.E. Suliot, Springfield Place, Leeds / J. Dalton. [Concerns arrangements for a meeting with Suliot; refers to previous correspondence with Richard Yates]

Letter 1837 [Mar.] 17

1837

[Letter] 1823 Nov 8, Manchester [to] James Williamson, M.D., Park Square, Leeds / John Dalton, [apologising for delay in replying but would be pleased to take classes under the patronage of the Philosophical Society on chemical principles, mechanics or meteorology]

Letter 1823 Nov 8

1823

[Letter] 1825 Apr 19, Manchester [to] John Hogg, Holbuk, nr. Leeds / John Dalton, [enclosing a collection of all the essays he has written on the subject of meteorology and requesting 10/- to cover cost.

Letter 1825 Apr 19

1825

[Letter] 1801 [Apr] 5, Manchester [to] John Fell, Ulverston / John Dalton. [Refers to his recent, non-scientific, work. Comments on recent developments in electricity and on Herschel's experiments on heat. Second page bears a pencil sketch [of an experiment with Leyden jars?] probably by Fell. Published in John Dalton: critical assessment of his life and science / Arnold Thackray, 1972, p.149-50]

Letter from John Dalton to John Fell, 1801

1801

[Letter] 1793, 1st mo. [Jan] 11, Kendal [to] Respected Friend [Peter Crosthwaithe?] / John Dalton, [sending journal and a thermometer with instructions for testing accuracy. Thanking for observations made but thinks barometers are inaccurate. Suggests method of correcting for short scale. Thinks rain gauge may not be level. Suggests article on museum be published under Crosthwaithe's own name]

Letter 1793

1793

Watson rain gauge and evaporimeter, designed by John Dalton, c. 1845.

Watson rain gauge and evaporimeter

1845