| RefNo | AP/4/19/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, regarding trip to Île de Ré and experiments on torpedoes from John Walsh to [Benjamin] Franklin |
| Date | 27 August 1772 |
| Description | Additional letter from Walsh to Franklin regarding his visit to the Isle de Ré [Île de Ré, near La Rochelle, France] to study further torpedoes or electric rays, focusing on their 'torpedinal fluid' which conducts electricity.
Subject: Zoology / Marine Biology
Extracts of this letter were published in a paper in Philosophical Transactions titled 'Of the electric property of the torpedo'.
Written by Walsh in Paris [France]. A note verso of final page reads 'Delivered by Dr Franklin July 1 1773'. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1773.0039 |
| RelatedRecord | AP/4/19 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7974 | Franklin; Benjamin (1706 - 1790) | 1706 - 1790 |
| NA5046 | Walsh; John (1726 - 1795); naturalist | 1726 - 1795 |