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Sub-group of papers on electricity

Catalogue reference: HY/1/17

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This record is a file about the Sub-group of papers on electricity dating from n.d. [1771-1783].

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Reference
HY/1/17
Title
Sub-group of papers on electricity
Date
n.d. [1771-1783]
Description

The first item consists of notes for HY/1/18 and the second item is drafts of the propositions in Henry Cavendish's paper "An attempt to explain Some of the Principle [sic] Phenomena of Electricity by Means of an Elastic Fluid" printed in "Philosophical Transactions", 31 December 1771 Vol. 61.

The file is enclosed in a covering page on which is written by William Snow Harris: "No [18 crossed out and replaced with 17, followed by "Incomplete Papers on Electry" crossed out] Notes with ["an account" crossed out and replaced with "a very"] short notice of a paper on natural philosophy by Dr [illegible]". There are further notes in pencil: "to Thoughts concerning Electricity Draft of Phil Trans Paper Fugure of the arrangement for com? capacities Lemma I".

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Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
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2 items
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/18af62e4-559e-4f10-be54-37d40498567d/

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Sub-group of papers on electricity