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RefNoEL/B3/71
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Philip Henry Zollman to John Philip Baratier, dated at London
CreatorZollman; Philip Henry (-1748); Assistant Secretary for Foreign Correspondence
Date13 February 1738
DescriptionZollman sends the minute from the meeting of the Royal Society held on 26 January translated in French
This stated that nothing could be done for Baratier if he kept his proposal a secret and that the Act of Parliament of 1714, which offered a reward to the person who solved the 'longitude problem', was still in force and would be sent to him
LanguageFrench
Latin
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon, England
Origin coordinates51.50853, -0.12574
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialEL/B3/68 and EL/B3/70 for copies of this minute in English
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/51ad3ddf-cf47-49e7-adbf-7c013a8e4b83
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1848Zollman; Philip Henry (- c 1748) - c 1748
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