Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris
Reference number: EL/M3/31
Date: 21 March 1736
Description
Concerning the length of the pendulum at Santo Domingo (Saint Domingue - now Haiti)
- Reference number
- EL/M3/31
- Earliest possible date
- 21 March 1736
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
- Also available on Early Modern Letters Online
- View
Creator names
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
View page for Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Use this record
Export this record
Citation
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris, 21 March 1736, EL/M3/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_31/extract-of-a-letter-from-pierre-maupertuis-to-andreas-celsius-dated-at-paris, accessed on 10 December 2025
Link to this record
https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_31/extract-of-a-letter-from-pierre-maupertuis-to-andreas-celsius-dated-at-paris
Embed this record
<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/el_m3_31/extract-of-a-letter-from-pierre-maupertuis-to-andreas-celsius-dated-at-paris" title="Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>
Hierarchy
This item is part of:
-
'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
Related Fellows
-
Andreas Celsius
Recipient
Map
Explore the collection
-
Early Letters
The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.
Dates: 1613 - 1740
View collection