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Letter, 'Concerning electrical vapour' from A Bertrand to James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/3/129

Date: 19 February 1756

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Subject: Physics

Read 11 March 1756

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L&P/3/129
Earliest possible date
19 February 1756
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Concerning electrical vapour' from A Bertrand to James Parsons, 19 February 1756, L&P/3/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_129/letter-concerning-electrical-vapour-from-a-bertrand-to-james-parsons, accessed on 14 November 2025

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