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Paper, 'Account of a magnet made out of rusty iron that held the stone together at the top of the church of N. Dame de Chartres' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/83

Date: 19 July 1693

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Subject: Magnetism

Reference number
CLP/20/83
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19 July 1693
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'Account of a magnet made out of rusty iron that held the stone together at the top of the church of N. Dame de Chartres' by Robert Hooke, 19 July 1693, CLP/20/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_83/paper-account-of-a-magnet-made-out-of-rusty-iron-that-held-the-stone-together-at-the-top-of-the-church-of-n-dame-de-chartres-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 22 January 2025

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    Dates: 1592-1741

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