Paper, 'Electrical experiments' by William Henley

Reference number: L&P/6/53

Date: 1774

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Subject: Physiccs

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some new experiments in Electricity, containing, 1. An enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity. 2. Some experiments, to ascertain the direction of the electric matter, in the discharge of the leyden bottle: with a new analysis of the leyden bottle. 3. Experiments on the lateral explosion, in the discharge of the leyden bottle. 4. The description, and use, of a new prime-conductor. 5. Miscellaneous Experiments, made principally in the Year 1771 and 1772. 6. Experiments and obs'

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Reference number: L&P/6/53
Earliest possible date: 1774
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 34 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Paper, 'Electrical experiments' by William Henley, 1774, L&P/6/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_53/paper-electrical-experiments-by-william-henley, accessed on 09 October 2024

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XLI. An account of some new experiments in Electricity, containing, 1. An enquiry whether vapour be a conductor of electricity. 2. Some experiments, to ascertain the direction of the electric matter, in the discharge of the leyden bottle: with a new analysis of the leyden bottle. 3. Experiments on the lateral explosion, in the discharge of the leyden bottle. 4. The description, and use, of a new prime-conductor. 5. Miscellaneous Experiments, made principally in the Year 1771 and 1772. 6. Experiments and obs External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1774

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1774.0041

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6

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