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RefNoEC/1737/06
Previous numbersCert I, 102; A01377
LevelItem
TitleClairaut, Alexis Claude: certificate of election to the Royal Society
Date27 October 1737
CitationMr Clairaut of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris; well known by his Learned Geometrical and Philosophical Works, particularly a Curious disertation lately presented to this Society concerning the true Figure of the Earth; is proposed as a Candidate to the Society and recommended as a Gentleman likely to do honour to the Same by us
ProposersMartin Folkes; John Hadley; Ja Theobald; Cromll Mortimer; John Machin; Dufay; Hans Sloane
AccessStatusOpen
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Clairaut, Alexis Claude: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA8170Clairaut; Alexis Claude (1713 - 1765)1713 - 1765
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