Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Translation of a letter, from Marquis de Bon to Hans Sloane, dated at Montpellier

Reference number: EL/B3/41

Date: 20 March 1739

Description

Bons sends his second edition of his dissertation on the silk of spiders; Bons also sends two pieces of silk to replace the ones which were lost
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in French
Read to the Royal Society on 29 March 1739

Reference number
EL/B3/41
Earliest possible date
20 March 1739
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Francois Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire

View page for Francois Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire

Use this record

Citation

Francois Xavier Bon de Saint-Hilaire, Translation of a letter, from Marquis de Bon to Hans Sloane, dated at Montpellier, 20 March 1739, EL/B3/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_41/translation-of-a-letter-from-marquis-de-bon-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-montpellier, accessed on 16 January 2025

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_b3_41/translation-of-a-letter-from-marquis-de-bon-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-montpellier" title="Translation of a letter, from Marquis de Bon to Hans Sloane, dated at Montpellier" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Early Letters

    Dates: 1613-1740

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    View collection