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Paper, Computatio Universalis seu Logica Rerum; being an essay attempting in a Geometrical method to demonstrate an universal standard whereby one may judge of the True Value of every thing in the world by Samuel Foley

Reference number: EL/F2/1a

Date: 1685

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Aim is to formulate a correct method of good husbandry in order to achieve maximum happiness
Read to the Royal Society on 9 December 1685

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EL/F2/1a
Earliest possible date
1685
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Samuel Foley

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Samuel Foley, Paper, Computatio Universalis seu Logica Rerum; being an essay attempting in a Geometrical method to demonstrate an universal standard whereby one may judge of the True Value of every thing in the world by Samuel Foley, 1685, EL/F2/1a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f2_1a/paper-computatio-universalis-seu-logica-rerum-being-an-essay-attempting-in-a-geometrical-method-to-demonstrate-an-universal-standard-whereby-one-may-judge-of-the-true-value-of-every-thing-in-the-world-by-samuel-foley, accessed on 07 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

    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.

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