Translation of a letter, from Joseph de Lisle to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/I2/25
Date: 01 January 1740
Description
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
- Reference number
- EL/I2/25
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1740
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
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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