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RefNoCLP/9ii/29
LevelItem
TitleExtract, 'From the Journal Books of the Royal Society concerning magnets having more poles than two' by John Eames with some observations by Dr [John] Desaguliers
Date[1737?]
DescriptionShort extract taken from the Journal Book of the Royal Society, regarding loadstones found to have up to four poles.

Subject: Magnetism

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract from the journal books of the Royal Society, concerning magnets having more poles than two; by John Eames, F. R. S. with some observations by Dr. Desaguliers on the same subject'.

Read 6 April 1737.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0064
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 450, p 383
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5655Eames; John (- 1744) - 1744
NA8419Desaguliers; John Theophilus (1683 - 1744); natural philosopher1683 - 1744
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