Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to James Jurin, dated at La Fere
Reference number: EL/B2/84
Date: 27 August 1726
Description
Autograph letter referring to a theory about gunpowder and a letter written in 1722; concerning a theory about spherical triangles; concerning Belidor's work on navigation, architecture and fortifications, which is now in three volumes
- Reference number
- EL/B2/84
- Earliest possible date
- 27 August 1726
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Bernard Forest de Belidor
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Bernard Forest de Belidor, Bernard Forest de Belidor, Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to James Jurin, dated at La Fere, 27 August 1726, EL/B2/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_84/letter-from-bernard-forest-de-belidor-to-james-jurin-dated-at-la-fere, accessed on 17 July 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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James Jurin
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Bernard Forest de Belidor
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