Watson, Sir William (1715-1787)

Date:: 1746

Reference:: MS.2392/7

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
  - Watson, Sir William (1715-1787)MS.2392/7

About this work

Description

Letter to M. Folkes repudiating suggestions of plagiarism in connection with Benjamin Wilson's discoveries and experiments on Electricity. Endorsed by Folkes: 'Novr. 13. 1746'. Produced in London.

Publication/Creation

1746

Physical description

7 ff (folio. 31 × 191/2 cm.). Author's holograph MS.: written on the rectos only.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1932.

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).