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Contains plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Electrical experiments made in order to ascertain the non-conducting power of a perfect vacuum'

Read 24 February 1785

Reference number
L&P/8/137
Earliest possible date
12 February 1785
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Morgan

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William Morgan, Paper, 'Non-conduction of a perfect vacuum' by William Morgan, 12 February 1785, L&P/8/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_137/paper-non-conduction-of-a-perfect-vacuum-by-william-morgan, accessed on 20 July 2025

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