Letter, 'Of stilling the waves with oil' from Benjamin Franklin to William Brownrigg
Reference number: L&P/6/52
Date: 07 November 1773
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Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Of the stilling of waves by means of oil. Extracted from sundry letters between Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. William Brownrigg, M. D. F. R. S. and the Reverend Mr. Farish'
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Benjamin Franklin, Letter, 'Of stilling the waves with oil' from Benjamin Franklin to William Brownrigg, 07 November 1773, L&P/6/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_52/letter-of-stilling-the-waves-with-oil-from-benjamin-franklin-to-william-brownrigg, accessed on 16 September 2024
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