Letter, from Thomas Baxter to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Crathorn in Yorkshire
Reference number: EL/B3/23
Date: 04 December 1731
Description
Autograph letter about Baxter's theory of a square being equal to a circle which he would like published and asks the Royal Society's permission to do so
On the reverse is the reply from Cromwell Mortimer about libellous articles which have been published, ending with consent for Baxter to publish
- Reference number
- EL/B3/23
- Earliest possible date
- 04 December 1731
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Thomas Baxter
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Thomas Baxter, Letter, from Thomas Baxter to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Crathorn in Yorkshire, 04 December 1731, EL/B3/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_23/letter-from-thomas-baxter-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-crathorn-in-yorkshire, accessed on 21 April 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Cromwell Mortimer
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