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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a treatise, presented to the Royal Society, intituled, "Letters concerning electricity; in which the latest discoveries upon this subject, and to the consequences which may be deduced from them, are examined; by the Abbè Nollet, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, Fellow of the Royal Society, of the Institute of Bologna, &c." extracted and translated from the French, by Mr. William Watson, F. R. S'

Read 17 May 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/348
Earliest possible date
1753
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Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Jean Antoine Nollet

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Jean Antoine Nollet, Paper, 'Account of N's 'Lettres sur l'electricite'' by Jean Antoine Nollet, 1753, L&P/2/348, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_348/paper-account-of-ns-lettres-sur-lelectricite-by-jean-antoine-nollet, accessed on 14 December 2024

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