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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Richer to the Royal Society, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/R1/83

Date: 23 April 1733

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Presents a volume of work on the problems relating to infinity and wishes the Society to examine it

Reference number
EL/R1/83
Earliest possible date
23 April 1733
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Claude Richer du Bouchet

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Claude Richer du Bouchet, Letter, from Richer to the Royal Society, dated at Paris, 23 April 1733, EL/R1/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_83/letter-from-richer-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 January 2025

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