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Paper, 'On the force of percussion' by William Heberden

Reference number: L&P/5/7

Date: 16 November 1767

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An essay on the force of percussion'

Read 18 February 1768

Reference number
L&P/5/7
Earliest possible date
16 November 1767
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Heberden

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William Heberden, Paper, 'On the force of percussion' by William Heberden, 16 November 1767, L&P/5/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_7/paper-on-the-force-of-percussion-by-william-heberden, accessed on 13 June 2025

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