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RefNoL&P/2/464
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Experiments on atmospheric electricty' from Guilleaume Mazeas to Stephen Hales
Date2 October 1753
Description8 pages in French, with 15 pages of English translation.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations upon the electricity of the air, made at the Chateau de Maintenon, during the months of June, July, and Oc­tober, 1753; being part of a letter from the Abbé Mazeas, F. R. S. to the Rev. Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S. translated from the French by James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 20 December 1753
LanguageFrench
Extent23p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0057
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7064Mazeas; Guillaume (1720 - 1775)1720 - 1775
NA8441Hales; Stephen (1677 - 1761); physiologist and inventor1677 - 1761
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