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Extract of a letter, from Pierre Maupertuis to Andreas Celsius, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/M3/31

Date: 21 March 1736

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Concerning the length of the pendulum at Santo Domingo (Saint Domingue - now Haiti)

Reference number
EL/M3/31
Earliest possible date
21 March 1736
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis

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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

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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