Letter, from [Charles Francois de Cisternay] Du Fay to G[eorge] Graham

Reference number: EL/F2/32

Date: 01 January 1738

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Acknowledges receipt of the English weights and wishes to compare experiments and observations of weights and measures of England and France.
Scribe has translated the letter on the verso, with a transcript of the original, which was in French dated 7 March 1738, on the recto.

Reference number: EL/F2/32
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1738
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Charles Francois de Cisternay Du Fay

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Charles Francois de Cisternay Du Fay, Charles Francois de Cisternay du Fay, Letter, from [Charles Francois de Cisternay] Du Fay to G[eorge] Graham, 01 January 1738, EL/F2/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f2_32/letter-from-charles-francois-de-cisternay-du-fay-to-george-graham, accessed on 18 January 2026

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters F2
1684-1739 Reference number: EL/F2

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