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Letter, 'Of a pistol fired by electricity' from George Nassau Clavering Cowper to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/7/36

Date: 30 April 1778

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Contains five figures.

Subject: Physics

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Reference number
L&P/7/36
Earliest possible date
30 April 1778
Physical description
Ink on paper and illustrations
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Nassau Clavering Cowper

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George Nassau Clavering Cowper, Letter, 'Of a pistol fired by electricity' from George Nassau Clavering Cowper to John Pringle, 30 April 1778, L&P/7/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_36/letter-of-a-pistol-fired-by-electricity-from-george-nassau-clavering-cowper-to-john-pringle, accessed on 08 May 2026

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