Letter, from Colin McLaurin [to the Royal Society], dated at Luneville
Reference number: EL/L6/16
Date: 14 July 1723
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States that he sends figures of the viscera and skeleton of the Siamese twins; observations of an engine which keeps water fresh; states that he has been sent some possible solutions to mathematical problems, eg the quadrature of the circle, to consider
Read to the Royal Society on 17 October 1723
- Reference number
- EL/L6/16
- Earliest possible date
- 14 July 1723
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- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Colin MacLaurin, Letter, from Colin McLaurin [to the Royal Society], dated at Luneville, 14 July 1723, EL/L6/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l6_16/letter-from-colin-mclaurin-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-luneville, accessed on 29 April 2025
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