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Letter, from Peter van Muschenbroek to John Theophilus Desaguliers

Reference number: EL/M2/68

Date: 20 July 1725

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Observations of experiments with magnets
Read to the Royal Society on 27 January 1725

Reference number
EL/M2/68
Earliest possible date
20 July 1725
Page extent
14 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Peter van Muschenbroek

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Peter van Muschenbroek, Letter, from Peter van Muschenbroek to John Theophilus Desaguliers, 20 July 1725, EL/M2/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_68/letter-from-peter-van-muschenbroek-to-john-theophilus-desaguliers, accessed on 07 March 2026

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