Translation of a letter, from Monsieur Bussy to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Fontainebleau
Reference number: EL/B3/82
Date: 10 November 1739
Description
Bussy writes on behalf of Francois de la Croix who would like to know the opinion of the Royal Society about his paper on his mechanism for floating bodies
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in French
- Reference number
- EL/B3/82
- Earliest possible date
- 10 November 1739
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francois de Bussy, Translation of a letter, from Monsieur Bussy to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Fontainebleau, 10 November 1739, EL/B3/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_82/translation-of-a-letter-from-monsieur-bussy-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-fontainebleau, accessed on 15 August 2026
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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 -
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Cromwell Mortimer
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Francois Boissier Sauvages de la Croix
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