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
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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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Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1778-1782 Reference number: L&P/7
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John Pringle
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