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Letter, 'Concerning electricity' from Louis Elizabeth de la Vergne, Count of Tresson to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/35

Date: 1749

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Subject: Physics

Read 8 February 1749

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L&P/2/35
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1749
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15 pages
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Manuscript

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Louis Elizabeth de la Vergne

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Louis Elizabeth de la Vergne, Letter, 'Concerning electricity' from Louis Elizabeth de la Vergne, Count of Tresson to William Watson, 1749, L&P/2/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_35/letter-concerning-electricity-from-louis-elizabeth-de-la-vergne-count-of-tresson-to-william-watson, accessed on 25 March 2025

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