| RefNo | EL/C3/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Translation of a letter, from Andreas Celsius to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Tornea |
| Creator | Celsius; Andreas (1701-1744); Swedish astronomer; physicist; mathematician |
| Date | 1737 |
| Description | Original was dated 19 February 1737 and was in French
Concerning experiments at Tornea and Pello in Lapland (on the Swedish-Finnish border) in determining the figure of the earth; encloses a letter from Alexis Clairaut with his paper on the figure of the earth, and proposes him as a candidate for election to the Fellowship; informing the Royal Society that M de Isle intends to take measurements of the gulf of Finland in determining the figure of the earth. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Tornio, Lapland, Finland |
| Origin coordinates | 65.84811, 24.14662 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | See EL/C2/93 for a list of people going on the expedition |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3abe3a42-3537-4c56-a8ad-5f3e5f61d51f |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |
| NA6791 | Celsius; Andreas (1701 - 1744); astronomer and physicist | 1701 - 1744 |