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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Paper, account of some new electrical experiments by Stephen Gray

Reference number: CLP/17/40

Date: 1720

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Read to the Royal Society on 15 December 1720
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 31 (1720), p 104

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CLP/17/40
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1720
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3 pages
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Stephen Gray

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Stephen Gray, Paper, account of some new electrical experiments by Stephen Gray, 1720, CLP/17/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_17_40/paper-account-of-some-new-electrical-experiments-by-stephen-gray, accessed on 13 May 2026

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