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Letter, 'On electricity' from John Lyon to Daniel Miret

Reference number: L&P/7/43

Date: 18 February 1778

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Subject: Physics

Read 9 April 1778

Reference number
L&P/7/43
Earliest possible date
18 February 1778
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Ink on paper
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On electricity' from John Lyon to Daniel Miret, 18 February 1778, L&P/7/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_43/letter-on-electricity-from-john-lyon-to-daniel-miret, accessed on 14 September 2026

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