Letter, from Monsieur [Jean Louis] Petit to John Machin
Reference number: EL/P2/6
Date: 19 April 1730
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Sends a small book to the Society
- Reference number
- EL/P2/6
- Earliest possible date
- 19 April 1730
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Jean Louis Petit
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Jean Louis Petit, Jean Louis Petit, Letter, from Monsieur [Jean Louis] Petit to John Machin, 19 April 1730, EL/P2/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p2_6/letter-from-monsieur-jean-louis-petit-to-john-machin, accessed on 09 February 2026
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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 -
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Jean Louis Petit
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John Machin
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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