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Recherches sur les causes particulieres des phénoménes électriques

  • 1749

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Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700-1770) was an 18th-century French experimental physicist known for discovering osmosis in 1748 and conducting foundational research on electricity.

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Nollet, abbé (Jean Antoine). Recherches Sur Les Causes Particulieres Des Phénoménes Électriques. Frères Guérin, 1749. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/bkaqr7q.

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