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"Experiments 1772"

Catalogue reference: HY/1/13

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Reference
HY/1/13
Title
"Experiments 1772"
Date
1772
Description

The file is separated into two items by Maxwell 1879: the journal of experiments (HY/1/13/1) and the measurements of glasses and other objects (HY/1/13/2).

It is enclosed in a covering page with a note written by William Snow Harris: "No 13 Electrical Experiments 1772 ["the object of these experiments is [illegible] in some cases [illegible] but would be arrived at in truth by some little patience & investigation" crossed out and replaced in another hand by "relating to some researches". There follows another line which has been crossed out. There is also a number 13 written in red pen at the top of the page and a pencil note at the bottom of the page "Measure Comparisions of Capacities ? M Measures 1 to 13".

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Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
Former department reference
I/13
Physical description
19 sheets
Publication note(s)
Published in full in Maxwell 1879, pp229-45. Republished in Thorpe 1921 Vol I, pp224-239.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/093efb51-ae86-43c6-ac62-e992a1395dd3/

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"Experiments 1772"