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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Arnold Marcel to the Royal Society

Reference number: EL/M3/27

Date: 13 February 1732

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Observations of magnetism moving to and from steel and iron without the use of loadstones
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Reference number
EL/M3/27
Earliest possible date
13 February 1732
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6 pages
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Manuscript
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Arnold Marcel

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Arnold Marcel, Letter, from Arnold Marcel to the Royal Society, 13 February 1732, EL/M3/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_27/letter-from-arnold-marcel-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 December 2025

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