RefNo | EC/1788/18 |
Previous numbers | Cert V, 118; A04169 |
Level | Item |
Title | Laplace, Pierre Simon: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Citation | Pierre Simon De la Place, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, a Gentleman well known to the learned World for his skill in analytical calculations, and his useful application of them to the Theory of Astronomy, being desirous of admission into the Royal Society as a foreign Member; we, whose names are subscribed do, upon our personal knowledge of him or his works, recommend him as very worthy of election into the Society |
Proposers | J A DeLuc; J Michell; H Cavendish; Nevil Maskelyne; Wm Marsden; C Blagden; Henry C Englefield |
AccessStatus | Open |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5191 | Laplace; Pierre Simon (1749 - 1827); Marquis de Laplace | 1749 - 1827 |