Letter, 'Explanation of the Leyden experiment' from Benjamin Wilson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/180

Date: 24 June 1756

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Subject: Physics

Published as 'A Retractation, by Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S. of his former Opinion, concerning the Explication of the Leyden Experiment'. Wilson is reevaluating his previous conclusions on electricity published in 1750 following Benjamin Franklin's own discoveries.

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Reference number: L&P/3/180
Earliest possible date: 24 June 1756
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Benjamin Wilson, Letter, 'Explanation of the Leyden experiment' from Benjamin Wilson to the Royal Society, 24 June 1756, L&P/3/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_180/letter-explanation-of-the-leyden-experiment-from-benjamin-wilson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 10 September 2026

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 3 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1755-1760 Reference number: L&P/3

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