Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse

Reference number: EL/G1/61

Date: 07 June 1732

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Further experiments to show electrical attraction
A table of the substances used in the experiments is attached

Reference number: EL/G1/61
Earliest possible date: 07 June 1732
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Stephen Gray

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Stephen Gray, Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse, 07 June 1732, EL/G1/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_61/letter-from-stephen-gray-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-charterhouse, accessed on 22 March 2025

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'An attempt towards finding out a way to render Electrical Attraction permanent in Bodies' by Stephen Gray, Charterhouse
Reference number: RBO/17/31

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters G1
1613-1728 Reference number: EL/G1

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Cromwell Mortimer
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Stephen Gray
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