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Letter, 'Of some remarkable electrical phenomena' by Joseph Priestley to Paul Henry Maty

Reference number: L&P/7/264

Date: 14 October 1775

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Subject: Physics

Read 12 March 1776

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L&P/7/264
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14 October 1775
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13 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Priestley

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Joseph Priestley, Letter, 'Of some remarkable electrical phenomena' by Joseph Priestley to Paul Henry Maty, 14 October 1775, L&P/7/264, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_264/letter-of-some-remarkable-electrical-phenomena-by-joseph-priestley-to-paul-henry-maty, accessed on 19 May 2026

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