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Letter,'Concerning the poles of magnets being variously placed' from Gowin Knight to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/381

Date: 03 April 1745

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Gowin Knight, M. B. to the President; concerning the poles of magnets being variously placed'

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L&P/1/381
Earliest possible date
03 April 1745
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Gowin Knight

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Gowin Knight, Letter,'Concerning the poles of magnets being variously placed' from Gowin Knight to Martin Folkes, 03 April 1745, L&P/1/381, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_381/letterconcerning-the-poles-of-magnets-being-variously-placed-from-gowin-knight-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 30 April 2025

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