Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to John Chamberlayne, dated at Vienna

Reference number: EL/L5/112

Date: 28 April 1714

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Discussing the way in which he has been treated by Isaac Newton and the Royal Society
Notes at end read: 'This is a true and exact copie of the letter produced by Mr Chamberlaine, examined by me Rici Waller', 'and by me Edm Halley'
Read to the Royal Society on 20 May 1714

Reference number: EL/L5/112
Earliest possible date: 28 April 1714
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 John Chamberlayne, dated at Vienna, 28 April 1714, EL/L5/112, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_112/letter-from-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-to-john-chamberlayne-dated-at-vienna, accessed on 08 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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John Chamberlayne
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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