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Paper, 'Concerning an electrical experiment' by Johann Heinrich Winkler

Reference number: L&P/3/209

Date: 11 October 1756

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4 pages in Latin, with 4 pages of English translation.

Subject: Physics

Read 27 January 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/209
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11 October 1756
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Heinrich Winkler

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Johann Heinrich Winkler, Paper, 'Concerning an electrical experiment' by Johann Heinrich Winkler, 11 October 1756, L&P/3/209, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_209/paper-concerning-an-electrical-experiment-by-johann-heinrich-winkler, accessed on 16 January 2025

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