Letter, 'On the power of pointed bodies in electricity' from Etienne Francois Dutour to William Watson
Reference number: L&P/3/16
Date: 10 September 1754
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12 pages in English and 6 pages in French.
Subject: Physics
Read 1 May 1755
- Reference number
- L&P/3/16
- Earliest possible date
- 10 September 1754
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- Ink on paper
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- 18 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'On the power of pointed bodies in electricity' from Etienne Francois Dutour to William Watson, 10 September 1754, L&P/3/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_16/letter-on-the-power-of-pointed-bodies-in-electricity-from-etienne-francois-dutour-to-william-watson, accessed on 15 May 2025
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