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Letter, 'Of the light from mercury in glass tubes caused by electricity' from Abraham Trembley to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/449

Date: 04 February 1746

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from Mr. Trembley, F. R. S. to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pres. R. S. concerning the light caused by quicksilver shaken in a glass tube, proceeding from electricity'

Read 13 February 1746

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L&P/1/449
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04 February 1746
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4 pages
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Abraham Trembley

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Abraham Trembley, Letter, 'Of the light from mercury in glass tubes caused by electricity' from Abraham Trembley to Martin Folkes, 04 February 1746, L&P/1/449, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_449/letter-of-the-light-from-mercury-in-glass-tubes-caused-by-electricity-from-abraham-trembley-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 14 November 2025

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