Extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/G2/36
Date: 01 January 1739
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Sending books which won prizes from the Academy of Science, Paris and two volumes of translations of 'Philosophical Transactions'; discussing matters that arose at the recent public meeting of the Academy
Original letter, which now no longer exists, was in French and dated 12 April 1739
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- EL/G2/36
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1739
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Claude Joseph Geoffroy, Extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris, 01 January 1739, EL/G2/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g2_36/extract-of-a-letter-from-monsieur-claude-joseph-geoffroy-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-paris, accessed on 22 January 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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Hans Sloane
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Claude Joseph Geoffroy
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