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Translation of a note about Francois de la Croix

Reference number: EL/B3/84

Date: 1739

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Note states that de la Croix has sent two papers with discoveries on floating bodies and he hopes to be elected to the Fellowship in due course

Reference number
EL/B3/84
Earliest possible date
1739
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Francois Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix

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Francois Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix, Translation of a note about Francois de la Croix, 1739, EL/B3/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_84/translation-of-a-note-about-francois-de-la-croix, accessed on 11 December 2025

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    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.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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