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Letter, 'On the use of an amalgam of zinc for electrical excitation' from Bryan Higgins to Richard Brocklesby

Reference number: L&P/7/52

Date: 08 May 1778

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the use of an amalgam of zinc, for the purpose of electrical excitation, &c. By Bryant Higgins, M. D. in a letter to Richard Brocklesby, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 2 July 1778

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L&P/7/52
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08 May 1778
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On the use of an amalgam of zinc for electrical excitation' from Bryan Higgins to Richard Brocklesby, 08 May 1778, L&P/7/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_52/letter-on-the-use-of-an-amalgam-of-zinc-for-electrical-excitation-from-bryan-higgins-to-richard-brocklesby, accessed on 12 January 2025

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