| RefNo | L&P/8/136 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Heat diminishes the attraction of gravitation' from George Fordyce to Joseph Banks |
| Date | 24 February 1785 |
| Description | Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some experiments on the loss of weight in bodies on being melted or heated. In a letter from George Fordyce, M.D. F.R.S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S''
Read 28 April 1785 |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1785.0021 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |
| NA7868 | Fordyce; George (1736 - 1802); physician | 1736 - 1802 |