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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Abstract of what is contained in a book concerning electricity, just published at Leipzic, 1744. by John Henry Wintler, Greek and Latin Professor there; from article 75 to article 79'

Read 22 November 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/322
Earliest possible date
1744
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johann Heinrich Winkler

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Johann Heinrich Winkler, Paper, 'Abstract of his electricity book' by Johann Heinrich Winkler, 1744, L&P/1/322, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_322/paper-abstract-of-his-electricity-book-by-johann-heinrich-winkler, accessed on 18 July 2026

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