Paper, 'New experiments on heat' by Benjamin Thompson
Reference number: L&P/8/178
Date: 1786
Description
Contains one plate.
Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'New experiments upon heat. By Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Knt. F. R. S. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S.'
Read 9 March 1786
- Reference number
- L&P/8/178
- Earliest possible date
- 1786
- Physical description
- Ink on paper and plate
- Page extent
- 37 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Benjamin Thompson, Paper, 'New experiments on heat' by Benjamin Thompson, 1786, L&P/8/178, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_178/paper-new-experiments-on-heat-by-benjamin-thompson, accessed on 11 February 2026
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XIV. New experiments upon heat. By Colonel Sir Benjamin Thompson, Knt. F. R. S. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S. External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1786
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1786.0014
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Decade 8 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1782-1786 Reference number: L&P/8
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