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Offering to send any observations to the Royal Society following his election to the Fellowship

Reference number
EL/F2/29
Earliest possible date
18 February 1733
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator names

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

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Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Letter, from Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle to the Royal Society, dated at Paris, 18 February 1733, EL/F2/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f2_29/letter-from-bernard-le-bovier-de-fontenelle-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-paris, accessed on 11 November 2025

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    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.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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