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Letter, 'Of electric sparks from clothes' from John Trehawke to Dr Lobb

Reference number: L&P/2/513

Date: 1754

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Subject: Physics

Read 30 May 1754

Reference number
L&P/2/513
Earliest possible date
1754
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of electric sparks from clothes' from John Trehawke to Dr Lobb, 1754, L&P/2/513, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_513/letter-of-electric-sparks-from-clothes-from-john-trehawke-to-dr-lobb, accessed on 24 March 2025

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