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Letter, 'Of electricity from the clouds' from Pierre Charles Le Monnier to James Short

Reference number: L&P/2/308

Date: 14 June 1752

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Subject: Physics

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L&P/2/308
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14 June 1752
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Pierre Charles Le Monnier

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Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Letter, 'Of electricity from the clouds' from Pierre Charles Le Monnier to James Short, 14 June 1752, L&P/2/308, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_308/letter-of-electricity-from-the-clouds-from-pierre-charles-le-monnier-to-james-short, accessed on 14 January 2025

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