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Paper, 'On electricity' by William Henly

Reference number: L&P/6/219

Date: 1776

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations in electricity'

Read 16 and 23 January 1777

Reference number
L&P/6/219
Earliest possible date
1776
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Ink on paper
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47 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henly

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William Henly, Paper, 'On electricity' by William Henly, 1776, L&P/6/219, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_219/paper-on-electricity-by-william-henly, accessed on 19 June 2025

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