Letter, 'Of electrical experiments' from Giovanni Battista Beccaria to Benjamin Franklin
Reference number: L&P/3/420
Date: 17 December 1759
Description
3 pages in Latin and 24 pages in English.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments in electricity : In a letter from Father Beccaria, Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Turin, to Benjamin Franklin, L. L. D. F. R. S.'
Read 7 February 1760
- Reference number
- L&P/3/420
- Earliest possible date
- 17 December 1759
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 28 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Letter, 'Of electrical experiments' from Giovanni Battista Beccaria to Benjamin Franklin, 17 December 1759, L&P/3/420, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_420/letter-of-electrical-experiments-from-giovanni-battista-beccaria-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 24 June 2025
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L. Experiments in electricity : In a letter from Father Beccaria, Professor of Experimental Philosophy at Turin, to Benjamin Franklin, L. L. D. F. R. S. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1759
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1759.0052
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Paper, 'Remarks on Beccaria's letter (L&P/3/420)' by Benjamin Franklin
Creator: Benjamin Franklin Reference number: L&P/3/422
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