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Paper, 'On a new apparatus for perpetual electricity' by William Henly

Reference number: L&P/6/180

Date: 04 March 1776

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations on a new apparatus, called, a machine for exhibiting perpetual electricity. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Horsley, Sec. R.S. from Mr. William Henly, F. R. S'

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Reference number
L&P/6/180
Earliest possible date
04 March 1776
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Ink on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henly

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William Henly, Paper, 'On a new apparatus for perpetual electricity' by William Henly, 04 March 1776, L&P/6/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_180/paper-on-a-new-apparatus-for-perpetual-electricity-by-william-henly, accessed on 12 December 2024

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