Letter, 'Experiments on the torpedo' from John Ingenhousz to John Pringle
Reference number: L&P/6/71
Date: 27 March 1773
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Subject: Meteorology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of letter from Dr. John Ingenhousez, F.R.S. to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S. containing some experiments on the torpedo or electric rays, made at Leghorn, January 1, 1773 (after having been informed of those by Mr. Walsh). Dated Salzburg, March 27, 1773'
Read 10 November 1774
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- L&P/6/71
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- 27 March 1773
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Ingenhousz, Letter, 'Experiments on the torpedo' from John Ingenhousz to John Pringle, 27 March 1773, L&P/6/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_71/letter-experiments-on-the-torpedo-from-john-ingenhousz-to-john-pringle, accessed on 23 May 2025
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I. Extract of letter from Dr. John Ingenhousez, F.R.S. to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S. containing some experiments on the torpedo, made at Leghorn, January 1, 1773 (after having been informed of those by Mr. Walsh). Dated Salzburg, March 27, 1773 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1775
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1775.0002
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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