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SOME time ago a correspondence appeared in NATURE (vol. vi. pp. 122, 142, 221) on the subject of moisture deposited in minimum thermometers exposed on the grass. As I was at the time much annoyed with this myself I took up every hint I could get in the matter, though I must confess with indifferent success. I tried for a long time india-rubber packing, with sealing-wax, &c., of varying coat?, as advised, but still moisture insinuated itself.
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FAWCETT, T. Minimum Thermometers. Nature 15, 97–98 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/015097d0
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