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Unpublished letter, regarding 'A curious fact' from J R Olliver to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: AP/10/41

Date: 27 September 1833

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Letter received by the Royal Society as a result of a statement, titled 'A Curious Fact' (see AP/10 for description). Olliver explains that he had tried the experiment and provides his solution to the problem, stating that the experiment only works if the cards are precisely even with each other.

Subject: Physics

Written by Olliver at the Dispensary, Barnstaple [Devon, England].

Reference number
AP/10/41
Earliest possible date
27 September 1833
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding 'A curious fact' from J R Olliver to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 27 September 1833, AP/10/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_41/unpublished-letter-regarding-a-curious-fact-from-j-r-olliver-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 January 2026

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