Letter, 'Of electrical experiments' from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson
Reference number: L&P/2/198
Date: 04 February 1751
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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of Mr. Benjamin Franklin’s treatise, lately published, intituled, Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America'
Read 9 May 1751
- Reference number
- L&P/2/198
- Earliest possible date
- 04 February 1751
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Benjamin Franklin, Letter, 'Of electrical experiments' from Benjamin Franklin to Peter Collinson, 04 February 1751, L&P/2/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_198/letter-of-electrical-experiments-from-benjamin-franklin-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 04 December 2023
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XXXI. An account of Mr. Benjamin Franklin’s treatise, lately published, intituled, Experiments and observations on electricity, made at Philadelphia in America External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1752
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1751.0032
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