Letter, 'Electrical experiments' from William Watson to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/378

Date: 27 March 1745

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations, tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity'

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Reference number: L&P/1/378
Earliest possible date: 27 March 1745
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Letter, 'Electrical experiments' from William Watson to Martin Folkes, 27 March 1745, L&P/1/378, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_378/letter-electrical-experiments-from-william-watson-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 16 January 2026

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I. Experiments and observations, tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1744

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1744.0094

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 1 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1746 Reference number: L&P/1

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