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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the effects of electricity in paralytic cases. In a letter to John Pringle, M. D. F. R. S. from Ben­jamin Franklin, Esq; F. R. S'

Read 12 January 1758

Reference number
L&P/3/278
Earliest possible date
21 December 1757
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin, Letter, 'Of electricity in paralytic cases' from Benjamin Franklin to John Pringle, 21 December 1757, L&P/3/278, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_278/letter-of-electricity-in-paralytic-cases-from-benjamin-franklin-to-john-pringle, accessed on 15 February 2025

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