Note on Monsieur de Lisle's [Guillaume Delisle] paper which compares the magnitude of Paris with London and several other cities by Peter Davall
Reference number: EL/D2/50a
Date: 1725
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De Lisle's paper was printed in 'Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris' in 1725
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 35, no 402, p 432
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- EL/D2/50a
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- 1725
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Peter Davall, Note on Monsieur de Lisle's [Guillaume Delisle] paper which compares the magnitude of Paris with London and several other cities by Peter Davall, 1725, EL/D2/50a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_50a/note-on-monsieur-de-lisles-guillaume-delisle-paper-which-compares-the-magnitude-of-paris-with-london-and-several-other-cities-by-peter-davall, accessed on 15 January 2026
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III. Some reflections on Mr. de Lisle’s comparison of the magnitude of Paris with London and several other Cities, printed in the memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris for the Year 1725. Communicated in a letter to Dr. Rutty, Secretary to the Royal Society External link, opens in new tab.
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