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RefNoEL/B3/82
LevelItem
TitleTranslation of a letter, from Monsieur Bussy to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Fontainebleau
CreatorBussy; de (fl 1738); vice-chamberlain
Date10 November 1739
DescriptionBussy writes on behalf of Francois de la Croix who would like to know the opinion of the Royal Society about his paper on his mechanism for floating bodies
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in French
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Place originFontainebleau, le-de-France, France
Origin coordinates48.4, 2.7
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/38f2029b-571e-42e8-9ac5-7dc686266575
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8055Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752)c 1699 - 1752
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