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"Thoughts concerning electricity"
Catalogue reference: HY/1/18
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- HY/1/18
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Title (The name of the record)
- "Thoughts concerning electricity"
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Date (When the record was created)
- n.d. [1760-1771]
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Description (What the record is about)
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This record is the first recorded form of Henry Cavendish's theory of electricity, written prior to his paper "An attempt to explain Some of the Principle Phenomena [sic] of Electricity by Means of an Elastic Fluid" published in "Philosophical Transactions", 31 December 1771 Vol. 61. Maxwell 1879, p410 notes that they show "the path by which Cavendish arrived at his final theory". It is paginated P1-P16.
There is a covering paper on which is written a note by William Snow Harris: "Thoughts concerning Electricity and" ["then Pages on Elect" crossed out].
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HY/17/1 contains notes to be inserted in to this record.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- I/18
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 sheets
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Published in full in Maxwell 1879, pp94-103. Republished in Thorpe 1921 Vol I, pp110-117.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/56b388cc-c276-41f6-8b3b-6eef411e4385/
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HY/1
Papers on electricity
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The papers of Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) natural philosopher
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Papers on electricity
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"Thoughts concerning electricity"