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Translated extract of a letter, from M [Charles Francois de Cisternay] du Fay to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/F2/23

Date: 01 January 1736

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Original letter was in French and dated 29 January 1736
States that he sends a brass rule of three Parisian feet with M Pigault, a merchant, and wishes it to be given to Mr Graham. Asks when the pendulum and other instruments, which Graham is making, will be ready

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EL/F2/23
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01 January 1736
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Charles Francois de Cisternay Du Fay

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Charles Francois de Cisternay Du Fay, Translated extract of a letter, from M [Charles Francois de Cisternay] du Fay to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris, 01 January 1736, EL/F2/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f2_23/translated-extract-of-a-letter-from-m-charles-francois-de-cisternay-du-fay-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-paris, accessed on 02 December 2024

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