Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to William Rutty, dated at La Fere

Reference number: EL/B2/88

Date: 13 January 1731

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A progress report regarding Belidor's work on military and civil architecture and hydraulics

Reference number: EL/B2/88
Earliest possible date: 13 January 1731
Page extent: 9 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Bernard Forest de Belidor

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Bernard Forest de Belidor, Bernard Forest de Blidor, Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to William Rutty, dated at La Fere, 13 January 1731, EL/B2/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_88/letter-from-bernard-forest-de-belidor-to-william-rutty-dated-at-la-fere, accessed on 12 June 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B2
1669-1731 Reference number: EL/B2

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William Rutty
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Bernard Forest de Belidor
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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