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Letter, from Henry Gerdes to the Royal Society, dated at London

Reference number: EL/C3/46

Date: 24 April 1740

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Gerdes discusses Cuentz's system of metaphysics and sends his dissertation on this subject (see EL/C3/44 paper no 7), which he says can be passed onto Cuentz

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EL/C3/46
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24 April 1740
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Walther Gerdes

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Henry Walther Gerdes, Henry Gerdes, Letter, from Henry Gerdes to the Royal Society, dated at London, 24 April 1740, EL/C3/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c3_46/letter-from-henry-gerdes-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-london, accessed on 23 May 2025

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