Record

RefNoLBO/26/57
AltRefNoLBO/26/242
LevelFile
TitleCopy letter from Monsieur Maupertuis to Martin Folkes
Date12 February 1740
Description ' Abstract of a Letter from Monsieur Maupertuis to Mr Folkes, containing an account of his re-examination of the Meeridian of Paris, in order to ascertain the length of a Degree with Deductions for the Figure of the Earth. '

Read to the Royal society on 27 March 1740
Extent5p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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