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Paper, 'Imitating thunder and motion of the sea by electricity' by Johann Heinrich Winkler

Reference number: L&P/2/383

Date: 25 July 1753

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16 pages in Latin, with 16 pages of English translation.

Subject: Meteorology

Read 8 November 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/383
Earliest possible date
25 July 1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
32 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Johann Heinrich Winkler

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Johann Heinrich Winkler, Paper, 'Imitating thunder and motion of the sea by electricity' by Johann Heinrich Winkler, 25 July 1753, L&P/2/383, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_383/paper-imitating-thunder-and-motion-of-the-sea-by-electricity-by-johann-heinrich-winkler, accessed on 18 July 2026

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