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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Experimental researches in electricity.―Twenty-eighth series'.

Written by Faraday at the Royal Institution. Received by the Royal Society on 22 October 1851. Read 27 November and 11 December 1851.

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PT/43/2
Earliest possible date
09 October 1851
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Ink on paper
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48 pages
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Manuscript

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Michael Faraday

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Michael Faraday, Paper, 'Experimental researches in electricity series 28th' by M [Michael] Faraday, 09 October 1851, PT/43/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_43_2/paper-experimental-researches-in-electricity-series-28th-by-m-michael-faraday, accessed on 12 July 2026

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