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THE tercentenary of the invention of the barometer will be marked by a meeting, to be held at the University of Toronto on October 19, arranged by a committee including representatives of the Royal Meteorological Society (Canadian Branch), Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Royal Canadian Institute and the University of Toronto. Papers will be presented by Prof. L. C. Karpinski on “Telescope, Microscope, and Barometer as a Point of Departure for the Natural Sciences” Prof. G. S. Brett on “The Effects of the Discovery of the Barometer on Contemporary Thought” W. E. Knowles Middleton on “Subsequent History of the Barometer” and Prof. John Satterly on “The Applications of the Barometer in Physics and Chemistry”. Correspondence should be addressed to the secretary of the Committee, A. D. Thiessen, 315 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada.
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Invention of the Barometer. Nature 151, 695 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151695b0
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