Letter, from Monsieur [Jean Louis] Petit to the Royal Society, dated at Blois
Reference number: EL/P2/7
Date: 19 April 1730
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Petit sends two small books to the Society and gives an account of them (on astronomy and about tides)
- Reference number
- EL/P2/7
- Earliest possible date
- 19 April 1730
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- 4 pages
- 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 the Royal Society, dated at Blois, 19 April 1730, EL/P2/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p2_7/letter-from-monsieur-jean-louis-petit-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-blois, accessed on 10 February 2026
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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