Letter, 'Concerning electricty' from Thorbern Olof Bergman to Benjamin Wilson

Reference number: L&P/4/26

Date: 17 October 1760

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. concerning electricity; from Mr. Thorbern Bergman, of Upsal.'

Read 20 November 1760

Reference number: L&P/4/26
Earliest possible date: 17 October 1760
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Torbern Olof Bergman

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Torbern Olof Bergman, Letter, 'Concerning electricty' from Thorbern Olof Bergman to Benjamin Wilson, 17 October 1760, L&P/4/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_26/letter-concerning-electricty-from-thorbern-olof-bergman-to-benjamin-wilson, accessed on 17 December 2025

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LXXX. A letter to Mr. Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S. concerning electricity; from Mr. Thorbern Bergman, of Upsal. External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1759

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1759.0082

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

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