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Subject: Physics

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Reference number
L&P/9/23
Earliest possible date
24 June 1786
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
35 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Benjamin Thompson

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Benjamin Thompson, Letter, 'On the specific gravity, strength, diameter, cohesion of silk' from Benjamin Thompson to unknown author, 24 June 1786, L&P/9/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_23/letter-on-the-specific-gravity-strength-diameter-cohesion-of-silk-from-benjamin-thompson-to-unknown-author, accessed on 11 February 2026

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