## Abstract Daily pressure observations recorded by William Derham (1657β1735) at Upminster, Essex (near London), from 1697 to 1706 and 1708 have been corrected, converted to modern units and the Gregorian calendar, and adjusted for homogeneity. These pressure readings have been compared with previ
The medical teaching of demonology in the 17th and 18th centuries
β Scribed by Oskar Diethelm
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1016 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5061
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