Letter, 'Of a lady whose clothes sparkled' from Henry Miles to Martin Folkes
Reference number: L&P/1/402
Date: 19 May 1745
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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Reverend Henry Miles D. D. and F. R. S. to the President; containing observations of luminous emanations from human bodies, and from brutes; with some remarks on electricity'
Read 13 June 1745
- Reference number
- L&P/1/402
- Earliest possible date
- 19 May 1745
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Miles, Letter, 'Of a lady whose clothes sparkled' from Henry Miles to Martin Folkes, 19 May 1745, L&P/1/402, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_402/letter-of-a-lady-whose-clothes-sparkled-from-henry-miles-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 06 December 2025
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