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'Paper about magnetism, or concerning the Changing and fixing the Polarity of a piece of iron' by Mr J C

Reference number: RBO/7/113

Date: 14 October 1694

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Details of experiments with lodestones

Reference number
RBO/7/113
Earliest possible date
14 October 1694
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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'Paper about magnetism, or concerning the Changing and fixing the Polarity of a piece of iron' by Mr J C, 14 October 1694, RBO/7/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_113/paper-about-magnetism-or-concerning-the-changing-and-fixing-the-polarity-of-a-piece-of-iron-by-mr-j-c, accessed on 17 January 2025

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