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RefNoEL/I2/26
LevelItem
TitleExtract of a letter, from Joseph de Lisle to Robert Nettleton, dated at St Petersburg
CreatorDelisle; Joseph-Nicholas (1688-1768); astronomer; cartographer; Professor of Mathematics, Collge de France
Date1737
DescriptionSends copies of his proposal to find the actual geographical measurements of Russia with some explanations; hoped to make an exact map of the Gulf of Finland; observations of the transit of Mercury across the sun in November 1730
Original was in French dated 14 May 1737
Translation was read at the Royal Society on 16 June 1737
LanguageFrench
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originSt Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia
Origin coordinates59.89444, 30.26417
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialEnglish translation is EL/I2/27
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/eac24c75-2d3c-446a-b45b-6e1e639c5d41
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