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Letter, 'On some electrical experiments' from John Lining to Charles Pinckney

Reference number: L&P/2/523

Date: 14 January 1754

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from John Lining, M. D. of Charles Town, in South Carolina, to Charles Pinckney, Esq; in London: With his answers to several queries sent to him concerning his experiment of electricity with a kite'

Read 4 July 1754

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L&P/2/523
Earliest possible date
14 January 1754
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On some electrical experiments' from John Lining to Charles Pinckney, 14 January 1754, L&P/2/523, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_523/letter-on-some-electrical-experiments-from-john-lining-to-charles-pinckney, accessed on 16 March 2026

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