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Paper, 'Improvements in electricity [Bakerian Lecture]' by John Ingenhousz

Reference number: L&P/7/105

Date: 1779

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Improvements in electricity'

Read 3 June 1779

Reference number
L&P/7/105
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1779
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ingenhousz

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John Ingenhousz, Paper, 'Improvements in electricity [Bakerian Lecture]' by John Ingenhousz, 1779, L&P/7/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_105/paper-improvements-in-electricity-bakerian-lecture-by-john-ingenhousz, accessed on 08 February 2026

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