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Paper, 'Commentarius de indole electrica turmalini [Commentary on the nature of the electrical Turmaline]' by Thorbern Olaf Bergman

Reference number: L&P/4/344

Date: 1766

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Contains plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Commentarius de indole electrica turmalini'

Read 20 November 1766

Reference number
L&P/4/344
Earliest possible date
1766
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Torbern Olof Bergman

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Torbern Olof Bergman, Paper, 'Commentarius de indole electrica turmalini [Commentary on the nature of the electrical Turmaline]' by Thorbern Olaf Bergman, 1766, L&P/4/344, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_344/paper-commentarius-de-indole-electrica-turmalini-commentary-on-the-nature-of-the-electrical-turmaline-by-thorbern-olaf-bergman, accessed on 09 June 2026

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