Translation of a letter, from Monsieur [Jean Louis] Petit to the Royal Society
Reference number: EL/P2/8
Date: 01 January 1730
Description
Original is dated 19 April 1730
Petit sends two small books to the Society and gives an account of them (on astronomy and about tides)
Read to the Royal Society on 22 October 1730
- Reference number
- EL/P2/8
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1730
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Jean Louis Petit
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Jean Louis Petit, Jean Louis Petit, Translation of a letter, from Monsieur [Jean Louis] Petit to the Royal Society, 01 January 1730, EL/P2/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p2_8/translation-of-a-letter-from-monsieur-jean-louis-petit-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 06 February 2026
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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