Letter, 'Some electrical experiments made with charcoal' by Ebenezer Kinnersley
Reference number: L&P/5/318
Date: 13 October 1770

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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. Ebenezer Kinnersley to Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. on some electrical experiments made with charcoal'
Read 10 December 1772
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- L&P/5/318
- Earliest possible date
- 13 October 1770
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- Ink on paper
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Some electrical experiments made with charcoal' by Ebenezer Kinnersley, 13 October 1770, L&P/5/318, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_318/letter-some-electrical-experiments-made-with-charcoal-by-ebenezer-kinnersley, accessed on 14 May 2025
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VI. Extract of a letter from Mr. Ebenezer Kinnersley to Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. on some electrical experiments made with charcoal External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1773
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1773.0006
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