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Original letter dated 7 June 1732
Table of 20 substances with weights and dates they were tested
Read to the Royal Society on 8 June 1732

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RBO/17/31
Earliest possible date
1732
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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'An attempt towards finding out a way to render Electrical Attraction permanent in Bodies' by Stephen Gray, Charterhouse, 1732, RBO/17/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_17_31/an-attempt-towards-finding-out-a-way-to-render-electrical-attraction-permanent-in-bodies-by-stephen-gray-charterhouse, accessed on 20 January 2026

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