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21 pages of data tables from Faraday's paper and five plates. Manuscript of paper found at PT/40/3.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Experimental researches in electricity. ─Twenty-sixth series'.

Written by Faraday at the Royal Institution. Received by the Royal Society on 9 October 1850. Read 2 November 1850.

Abstract of paper published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 5, 1851.

Reference number
PT/40/4i
Earliest possible date
1850
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
26 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Michael Faraday

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Michael Faraday, Figures and tables, from 'Experimental researches in electricity. Twenty sixth series' by Michael Faraday, 1850, PT/40/4i, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_40_4i/figures-and-tables-from-experimental-researches-in-electricity-twenty-sixth-series-by-michael-faraday, accessed on 10 November 2025

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