Letter, 'On electrical experiments' from Ebenzer Kinnersley to Benjamin Franklin

Reference number: L&P/4/153

Date: 12 March 1763

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'New experiments in electricity: In a letter from Mr. Ebenezer Kinnersley, to Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S.'

Read 24 March 1763

Reference number: L&P/4/153
Earliest possible date: 12 March 1763
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, 'On electrical experiments' from Ebenzer Kinnersley to Benjamin Franklin, 12 March 1763, L&P/4/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_153/letter-on-electrical-experiments-from-ebenzer-kinnersley-to-benjamin-franklin, accessed on 12 November 2025

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XXII. New experiments in electricity: In a letter from Mr. Ebenezer Kinnersley, to Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1763

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1763.0022

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 4 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1760-1767 Reference number: L&P/4

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