Paper, 'Electrical experiments' by Benjamin Franklin

Reference number: L&P/3/72

Date: 14 March 1755

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Electrical experiments, made in pursuance of those by Mr. Canton, dated Decem. 3, 1753; with explanations by Mr. Benjamin Franklin, Communicated Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S'

Read 18 December 1755

Reference number: L&P/3/72
Earliest possible date: 14 March 1755
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 6 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin, Paper, 'Electrical experiments' by Benjamin Franklin, 14 March 1755, L&P/3/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_72/paper-electrical-experiments-by-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 14 September 2024

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Date: 31st December 1755

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1755.0052

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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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