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Letter, 'Electrical experiments and phenomena' from William Hunter to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/5/319

Date: 28 June 1772

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Subject: Physics

Read 19 November 1772

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L&P/5/319
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28 June 1772
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hunter

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William Hunter, Letter, 'Electrical experiments and phenomena' from William Hunter to the Royal Society, 28 June 1772, L&P/5/319, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_319/letter-electrical-experiments-and-phenomena-from-william-hunter-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 07 December 2024

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