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Letter, 'Of the electricity from clouds' from William Watson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/341

Date: 20 December 1752

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An additional remark to one of Mr. William Watson, F. R. S. in his account of the abbé Nollet's letter concerning electricity'

Read 21 December 1752

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L&P/2/341
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20 December 1752
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Letter, 'Of the electricity from clouds' from William Watson to the Royal Society, 20 December 1752, L&P/2/341, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_341/letter-of-the-electricity-from-clouds-from-william-watson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 July 2026

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