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Contains two plates.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments to determine the force of fired gunpowder'

Read 4 May 1797

Reference number
L&P/11/26
Earliest possible date
1796
Physical description
Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent
118 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Benjamin Thompson

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Benjamin Thompson, Paper, 'Experiments to determine the force of fired gunpowder' by Benjamin Thompson, 1796, L&P/11/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_26/paper-experiments-to-determine-the-force-of-fired-gunpowder-by-benjamin-thompson, accessed on 13 November 2024

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