RefNo | AP/4/19/1 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, regarding paper on torpedoes from John Walsh to [Benjamin] Franklin |
Date | 12 July 1772 |
Description | Covering letter from Walsh to Franklin regarding his research on the electrical properties of torpedoes. He explains the premise of his paper and the experiments performed on torpedoes or electric rays, and states that he will soon be visiting the Isle de Ré [Île de Ré, near La Rochelle, France] where he hopes to study further torpedoes. Includes additions written in red ink.
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 La Rochelle. Addressed to Dr [Benjamin] Franklin at London. |
Extent | 3p |
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 |