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Letter, 'The supposed cure of a blind boy by electricty' from Thomas Meech and W Cuming

Reference number: L&P/2/439

Date: 05 February 1752

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Subject: Physics

Read 29 March 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/439
Earliest possible date
05 February 1752
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'The supposed cure of a blind boy by electricty' from Thomas Meech and W Cuming, 05 February 1752, L&P/2/439, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_439/letter-the-supposed-cure-of-a-blind-boy-by-electricty-from-thomas-meech-and-w-cuming, accessed on 05 December 2025

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