Letter, from G[ulielmus] J[acobus] Gravesande to Job Baster, dated at Leyden

Reference number: EL/G2/25

Date: 01 January 1738

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Understands that Baster is going to be proposed as a Fellow of the Royal Society and states that he would be happy to give a letter of recommendation, if required

Reference number: EL/G2/25
Earliest possible date: 01 January 1738
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Willem Jakob 's Gravesande

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Willem Jakob 's Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's Gravesande, Letter, from G[ulielmus] J[acobus] Gravesande to Job Baster, dated at Leyden, 01 January 1738, EL/G2/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g2_25/letter-from-gulielmus-jacobus-gravesande-to-job-baster-dated-at-leyden, accessed on 16 June 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 G2
1722-1740 Reference number: EL/G2

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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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