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Letters, 'Account of some discoveries made by Galvani of Bologna; with experiments and observation on them' from Alessandro Volta to Tiberius Cavallo

Reference number: L&P/10/32

Date: 1792

Description

Sixteen pages in French and thirty-three pages in English.

Contains two letters and paper. Paper is unbound and held within the Letters & Papers Supplements Box (L&P.Supp.4) [33 pages]

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of some discoveries made by Mr. Galvani, of Bologna; with experiments and observations on them. In two letters from Mr. Alexander Volta, F. R. S. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Pavia, to Mr. Tiberius Cavallo, F. R. S'

Read 31 January 1793

Reference number
L&P/10/32
Earliest possible date
1792
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
49 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Alessandro Volta

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Alessandro Volta, Letters, 'Account of some discoveries made by Galvani of Bologna; with experiments and observation on them' from Alessandro Volta to Tiberius Cavallo, 1792, L&P/10/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_32/letters-account-of-some-discoveries-made-by-galvani-of-bologna-with-experiments-and-observation-on-them-from-alessandro-volta-to-tiberius-cavallo, accessed on 13 January 2025

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