Letter, from Felix de Valreas to the Royal Society
Reference number: EL/F2/8
Date: 25 March 1713
Description
Sends his answer, which he had sent to the Royal Academy of Sciences, concerning his machine for perpetual motion (see EL/F2/10); discussing Mr Remi's theory for squaring a circle; also re-counts the objections of M Le Marquis de Simianne about his machine; wishes to be admitted to the Royal Academy of Paris
Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1713
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- EL/F2/8
- Earliest possible date
- 25 March 1713
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Felix de Valreas, Letter, from Felix de Valreas to the Royal Society, 25 March 1713, EL/F2/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f2_8/letter-from-felix-de-valreas-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 April 2026
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