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Letter, 'Firing a pistol charged with inflammable air by electricity' from Edward Nairne to

Reference number: L&P/7/39

Date: 07 May 1778

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Subject: Physics

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L&P/7/39
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07 May 1778
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Nairne

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Edward Nairne, Letter, 'Firing a pistol charged with inflammable air by electricity' from Edward Nairne to, 07 May 1778, L&P/7/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_39/letter-firing-a-pistol-charged-with-inflammable-air-by-electricity-from-edward-nairne-to, accessed on 24 June 2025

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