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RefNoEL/L6/16
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Colin McLaurin [to the Royal Society], dated at Luneville
CreatorMaclaurin; Colin (1698-1746); professor of mathematics, Edinburgh
Date14 July 1723
DescriptionStates that he sends figures of the viscera and skeleton of the Siamese twins; observations of an engine which keeps water fresh; states that he has been sent some possible solutions to mathematical problems, eg the quadrature of the circle, to consider
Read to the Royal Society on 17 October 1723
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originLunville, Grand Est, France
Origin coordinates48.6, 6.5
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/238ca712-3f46-46e6-98c4-8b6167b3956d
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8377MacLaurin; Colin (1698 - 1746)1698 - 1746
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