Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Dethlevus Cluverus

Reference number: EL/L5/105

Date: 18 May 1680

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Discusses findings relating to algebra and geometry; advancing his idea of a calculating machine

Reference number: EL/L5/105
Earliest possible date: 18 May 1680
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Dethlevus Cluverus, 18 May 1680, EL/L5/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_105/letter-from-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-to-dethlevus-cluverus, accessed on 13 November 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters L5
1651-1701 Reference number: EL/L5

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Dethlevus Cluverus
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
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