Letter, 'On the specific gravity, strength, diameter, cohesion of silk' from Benjamin Thompson to unknown author
Reference number: L&P/9/23
Date: 24 June 1786
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Subject: Physics
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- L&P/9/23
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- 24 June 1786
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- 35 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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1786-1792 Reference number: L&P/9
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