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
- Earliest possible date
- 09 June 1735
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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Cromwell Mortimer
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