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Paper, 'Experiments in electricity' by William Swift

Reference number: L&P/7/106

Date: 28 April 1779

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Contains two plates

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of some experiments in electricity. In a letter from Mr. William Swift to the Rev. Dr. King, F.R.S'

Read 29 April 1779

Reference number
L&P/7/106
Earliest possible date
28 April 1779
Physical description
Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Experiments in electricity' by William Swift, 28 April 1779, L&P/7/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_106/paper-experiments-in-electricity-by-william-swift, accessed on 19 April 2026

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