Ellicott, John (1706?-1772)

An Essay towards discovering the laws of Electricity, addressed to the Royal Society, 1748 [London.]. Endorsed: 'No. 2 March 24. 1747-8. Pr. Tr. 486. XI. 2'.

c. 1747-1748

13 ff (4to. 221/2 × 18 cm.). A scribal copy, written on the rectos only, with a few additions and corrections by the author.

Purchased 1932.

The author was a scientist and clock-maker and was elected F.R.S. in 1748 [see the Dictionary of National Biography].

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).