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Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Hans Sloane, dated at Hanover

Reference number: EL/L5/109

Date: 30 January 1700

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Discussing changes in dating and tables Rudolphus II for astronomy
Read to the Royal Society on 21 February 1699

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EL/L5/109
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30 January 1700
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3 pages
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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 Hans Sloane, dated at Hanover, 30 January 1700, EL/L5/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_109/letter-from-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-hanover, accessed on 15 January 2026

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