| RefNo | EL/I2/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Translation of a letter, from Joseph de Lisle to Robert Nettleton |
| Creator | Delisle; Joseph-Nicholas (1688-1768); astronomer; cartographer; Professor of Mathematics, College de France |
| Date | 1737 |
| Description | Sends copies of his proposal to find the actual geographical measurements of Russia with some explanations; hopes to make an exact map of the Gulf of Finland; observations of the transit of Mercury across the sun in November 1730 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original is EL/I2/26
Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 40, no 445, p 27 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ff63b5cc-3c06-4750-ab73-dd1bcfac4671 |