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Paper, 'Experiments and observations on electricity' by William Nicholson

Reference number: L&P/9/142

Date: 14 May 1789

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Contains plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations on electricity'

Read 25 June 1789

Reference number
L&P/9/142
Earliest possible date
14 May 1789
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
23 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Experiments and observations on electricity' by William Nicholson, 14 May 1789, L&P/9/142, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_142/paper-experiments-and-observations-on-electricity-by-william-nicholson, accessed on 19 April 2026

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