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Electricity, c1780-c1803

 Item
Identifier: Coll-204/36

Scope and Contents

Volume contains manuscript notes on electricity. Special topics include conductors, dissipation, 'medical' and 'animal' electricity, and thunder. Of special interest is a long epistolary account of a country house seriously damaged by lightning.

Dates

  • Creation: c1780-c1803

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

1 bound volume

Extent

From the Fonds: 40 Volumes

Physical Location

Dc.7.36

Physical Description

1 bound volume

Archivist's Note

Duncan Fisher10 May 2002

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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