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

Reference number: EL/G2/32

Date: 09 June 1735

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An account of some trial experiments relating to electricity - possibility of wood and a human body as conductors
Further thoughts on water as a conductor
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 439, p 166

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EL/G2/32
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09 June 1735
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Stephen Gray

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Stephen Gray, Stephen Gray, Letter, from Stephen Gray to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Charterhouse, 09 June 1735, EL/G2/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g2_32/letter-from-stephen-gray-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-charterhouse, accessed on 17 March 2026

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