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Translation of a letter, from Joseph de Lisle to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/I2/25

Date: 01 January 1740

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Original letter was in French dated 18 Feburay 1740
Submits his paper entitled 'The discovery of longitude' with some discussion about it
Read to the Royal Society on 6 March 1739

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EL/I2/25
Earliest possible date
01 January 1740
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph-Nicholas Delisle

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Joseph-Nicholas Delisle, Translation of a letter, from Joseph de Lisle to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris, 01 January 1740, EL/I2/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i2_25/translation-of-a-letter-from-joseph-de-lisle-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-paris, accessed on 19 April 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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