Wilson, Benjamin (1721-1788)

Date:: 1746

Reference:: MS.2392/10

Part of:: Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)MSS.1302, 2391-2392 & 5403
- Memoirs and Papers sent to the Royal Society of LondonMS.2392
  - Wilson, Benjamin (1721-1788)MS.2392/10

About this work

Description

A Dissertation on Electricity. Endorsed by Folkes: 'Nov. 6, 1746'. Produced in London.

Publication/Creation

1746

Physical description

8 ll (fol. 301/2 × 20 cm.). A scribal copy: written on the rectos only.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1932.

Biographical note

The author was a painter and scientist, and was elected F.R.S. in 1751, and in 1760 received the Society's Gold Medal for his electrical experiments.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).