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Letter, 'Of electricity from the clouds, anent the experiments of Franklin' from Jean Antoine Nollet to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/307

Date: 6 June 1752

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12 pages in French with 12 pages of English translation.

Subject: Physics

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Reference number
L&P/2/307
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6 June 1752
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Ink on paper
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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Jean Antoine Nollet

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Jean Antoine Nollet, Letter, 'Of electricity from the clouds, anent the experiments of Franklin' from Jean Antoine Nollet to William Watson, 6 June 1752, L&P/2/307, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_307/letter-of-electricity-from-the-clouds-anent-the-experiments-of-franklin-from-jean-antoine-nollet-to-william-watson, accessed on 25 March 2025

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