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RefNoEL/B2/93
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at La Fere
CreatorBlidor; Bernard Forest de (1697-1761); applied mathematician; engineer
Date28 April 1734
DescriptionConcerning a machine by inventors who are in exile and asking the Royal Society to buy the secret of this invention
LanguageFrench
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originLa Fre, Hauts-de-France, France
Origin coordinates49.66286, 3.36631
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialFor translation see EL/B2/94
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c4c28bf3-aa2e-4841-8343-ee374b2cf107
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
NA7803Belidor; Bernard Forest de (1693 - 1761)1693 - 1761
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