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RefNoEL/F2/32
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from [Charles Franois de Cisternay] Du Fay to G[eorge] Graham
CreatorFay; Charles Franois de Cisternay du (1698-1739); French chemist
Date1738
DescriptionAcknowledges receipt of the English weights and wishes to compare experiments and observations of weights and measures of England and France.
Scribe has translated the letter on the verso, with a transcript of the original, which was in French dated 7 March 1738, on the recto.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/746d85fd-4d76-4447-9a46-fe6c24b64bc0
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8405Graham; George (1673 - 1751)1673 - 1751
NA5778Fay; Charles Francois de Cisternay Du (1698 - 1739)1698 - 1739
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