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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

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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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