Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – July 22, 1708
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Date: July 22, 1708 Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer Recipient: Hans SloaneLibrary: British Library, London Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041 Folio: f. 180
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Latin
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British Library, London
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Philosophical Transactions, Royal Society, Scholarship, Scientific
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Barometry, Books, German Language, Jamaica, Meteorology, Publishing
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July 22, 1708
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Zurich
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Sir Henry Morgan
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Scheuchzer sends meteorological and barometric observations. His natural history of Switzerland is being published in German. He will send a copy to the Royal Society. Scheuchzer mentions Henry Morgan, Governor of Jamaica. Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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