Paper, 'A paper concerns trying the force of the magnet at several distances' by Edmond Halley
Reference number: CLP/21/12
Date: 1686
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Read to the Royal Society on 23 February 1686.
Subject: Physics, Magnetism
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- CLP/21/12
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- 1686
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'A paper concerns trying the force of the magnet at several distances' by Edmond Halley, 1686, CLP/21/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_12/paper-a-paper-concerns-trying-the-force-of-the-magnet-at-several-distances-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 14 February 2026
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Classified papers: volume 21, Edmond Halley's papers
1666-1720 Creator: Edmond Halley Reference number: CLP/21
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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