Unpublished letter, regarding 'A curious fact' from J R Olliver to the Secretary of the Royal Society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Unpublished letter, regarding 'A curious fact' from J R Olliver to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 27 September 1833, AP/10/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_41/unpublished-letter-regarding-a-curious-fact-from-j-r-olliver-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 20 January 2026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