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Paper, 'Extraordinary electricity in the atmosphere in October 1775; and electrical kite' by Tiberius Cavallo

Reference number: L&P/6/164

Date: 1776

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extraordinary electricity of the atmosphere observed at Islington on the month of October, 1775'

Read 14 March 1776

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L&P/6/164
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1776
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Tiberius Cavallo

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Tiberius Cavallo, Paper, 'Extraordinary electricity in the atmosphere in October 1775; and electrical kite' by Tiberius Cavallo, 1776, L&P/6/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_164/paper-extraordinary-electricity-in-the-atmosphere-in-october-1775-and-electrical-kite-by-tiberius-cavallo, accessed on 21 January 2025

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