| RefNo | EL/G2/31 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Account of some electrical experiments by Stephen Gray, transcribed by Cromwell Mortimer |
| Date | 14 February 1736 |
| Description | Details of three experiments from Gray which he had been unable to carry out because he had fallen ill. Mortimer states that Gray hoped that he could develop a theory of the motion of the planets. Mortimer gives his results of these experiments which showed that a cake of rosin would attract the light body
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 444, p 400 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0082 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7365 | Gray; Stephen (? 1666 - 1736) | ? 1666 - 1736 |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |