Translation of a letter, from Joseph de Lisle to Robert Nettleton
Reference number: EL/I2/27
Date: 01 January 1737
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Sends copies of his proposal to find the actual geographical measurements of Russia with some explanations; hopes to make an exact map of the Gulf of Finland; observations of the transit of Mercury across the sun in November 1730
- Reference number
- EL/I2/27
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1737
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Joseph-Nicholas Delisle
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Joseph-Nicholas Delisle, Translation of a letter, from Joseph de Lisle to Robert Nettleton, 01 January 1737, EL/I2/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i2_27/translation-of-a-letter-from-joseph-de-lisle-to-robert-nettleton, accessed on 20 May 2026
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