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Letter, 'An account of some experiments on friction' from John Southern to Samuel Vince

Reference number: L&P/12/1

Date: 19 January 1801

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Subject: Physics

Read 24 December 1801

Reference number
L&P/12/1
Earliest possible date
19 January 1801
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Ink on paper
Page extent
14 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'An account of some experiments on friction' from John Southern to Samuel Vince, 19 January 1801, L&P/12/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_1/letter-an-account-of-some-experiments-on-friction-from-john-southern-to-samuel-vince, accessed on 14 October 2024

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