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Letter, 'Of two electrical experiments' from Johann Heinrich Winkler to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/2/524

Date: 22 May 1754

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from John Henry Winkler, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Leipsic, and Fellow of the Royal So­ciety, to Thomas Birch, D. D. Secretary of the Royal Society, relating to two electrical experiments; translated from the Latin'

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L&P/2/524
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22 May 1754
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Heinrich Winkler

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Johann Heinrich Winkler, Letter, 'Of two electrical experiments' from Johann Heinrich Winkler to Thomas Birch, 22 May 1754, L&P/2/524, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_524/letter-of-two-electrical-experiments-from-johann-heinrich-winkler-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 10 April 2026

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