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Unpublished letter, regarding the explanation of a curious fact from Samuel Joseph Clutsam to the President of the Royal Society

Reference number: AP/16/5

Date: 15 November 1833

Description

Clutsam presents his explanation to a card trick presented in his local newspaper which is said to have 'puzzled all the members of the Royal Society'. Clutsam uses pneumatic principles in his explanation.

Subject: Physics

Written by Clutsam at Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas.

Reference number
AP/16/5
Earliest possible date
15 November 1833
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding the explanation of a curious fact from Samuel Joseph Clutsam to the President of the Royal Society, 15 November 1833, AP/16/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16_5/unpublished-letter-regarding-the-explanation-of-a-curious-fact-from-samuel-joseph-clutsam-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 16 November 2025

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