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Paper, 'Electrical experiments - protection of buildings from lightning' by Edward Nairne

Reference number: L&P/7/50

Date: 1778

Description

Contains five plates.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on electricity, being an attempt to shew the advantage of elevated pointed conductors.'

Read 18 and 25 June 1778

Reference number
L&P/7/50
Earliest possible date
1778
Physical description
Ink on paper and 5 plates
Page extent
66 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Nairne

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Edward Nairne, Paper, 'Electrical experiments - protection of buildings from lightning' by Edward Nairne, 1778, L&P/7/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_50/paper-electrical-experiments-protection-of-buildings-from-lightning-by-edward-nairne, accessed on 14 November 2025

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