Letter: 1841 Aug. 13, Lincoln's Inn [London], to David Laing / J. Miller. 1841.
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Miller, John Fletcher 1816-1856
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19th century meteorologist: made earliest analytical study of weather conditions in the Lake District & Cumberland, England. From the description of Meteorological and astronomical observations, 1832-1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83426652 Commenced keeping meteorological records in 1831 and made experiments on the fall of rain in the Lake District 1844. Erected pluviometers in the Lake mountains 1846. In 1850 he built a private observatory at Whitehaven. F. R. S. ...
Chalmers, George, 1742-1825
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George Chalmers (1742-1825) was a British historian, civil servant, antiquarian, and author. He was born at Fochabers, Moray, Scotland, educated at the parish school at Fochabers and at King's College Aberdeen. He went on to study law in Edinburgh and moved to Maryland in 1763 to practice law in Baltimore. As a devout loyalist, he returned to London in September of 1775 when revolutionary discontent grew in the American colonies. He was appointed chief clerk of the committee of the Privy Council...
