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Letter, from John Conrad Francis de Hatzfeld to the Royal Society, dated at London

Reference number: EL/H3/124

Date: 26 May 1725

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Wishes the Fellows to consider his wheel for perpetual motion - figure with explanation given
Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1725
Note reads: 'Not worth entering [in the Letter Book]'

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EL/H3/124
Earliest possible date
26 May 1725
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Conrad Francis von Hatzfeld

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John Conrad Francis von Hatzfeld, Letter, from John Conrad Francis de Hatzfeld to the Royal Society, dated at London, 26 May 1725, EL/H3/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_124/letter-from-john-conrad-francis-de-hatzfeld-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-london, accessed on 07 September 2026

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