Letter, 'Experiments on heat' from Benjamin Thompson to Joseph Banks
Reference number: L&P/9/218
Date: June 1787
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Subejct: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments upon heat. By Major-General Sir Benjamin Thompson, Knt. F. R. S. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'
Read 19 January 1792
- Reference number
- L&P/9/218
- Earliest possible date
- June 1787
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- Page extent
- 65 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Benjamin Thompson, Letter, 'Experiments on heat' from Benjamin Thompson to Joseph Banks, June 1787, L&P/9/218, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_218/letter-experiments-on-heat-from-benjamin-thompson-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 15 June 2025
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IV. Experiments upon heat. By Major-General 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 1792
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1792.0007
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Decade 9 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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