Translation of a letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/C3/36
Date: 01 January 1737
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Giving thanks for his election to the Fellowship; concerning his work on the figure of the earth at Tornea with Celsius; and a paper on the aberration of light, saying that he could make a simple demonstration of Mr Bradley's rules
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- EL/C3/36
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1737
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- 3 pages
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Alexis Claude Clairaut
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Alexis Claude Clairaut, Alexis Claude Clairaut, Translation of a letter, from Alexis Clairaut to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris, 01 January 1737, EL/C3/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c3_36/translation-of-a-letter-from-alexis-clairaut-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 August 2026
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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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Alexis Claude Clairaut
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