Paper, 'Magnetical observations and experiments' by [Servington] Savery

Reference number: CLP/9ii/21

Date: 27 September 1729

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Paper by Savery regarding properties of magnets and describing experiments on these properties carried out by both Savery and others. Savery makes reference to a work by [William] Whiston.

Subject: Magnetism

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Magnetical observations and experiments'.

Read to the Royal Society on 16 April and 18 June 1730.

Reference number: CLP/9ii/21
Earliest possible date: 27 September 1729
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 16 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Paper, 'Magnetical observations and experiments' by [Servington] Savery, 27 September 1729, CLP/9ii/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9ii_21/paper-magnetical-observations-and-experiments-by-servington-savery, accessed on 08 March 2026

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Date: 31st December 1730

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0047

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
1666-1738 Reference number: CLP/9ii

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