Letter, from Hans Sloane to G[ottfried Wilhelm] Leibniz, dated at London
Reference number: EL/S2/14
Date: 04 July 1700
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Sends copy of letter from John Wallis and paper corrected by Flamsteed which Newton has approved; that the Society has been trying to obtain Newton's theory of the moon and book of colours
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- EL/S2/14
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- 04 July 1700
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- 1 page
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Hans Sloane, Sir; Hans Sloane, Letter, from Hans Sloane to G[ottfried Wilhelm] Leibniz, dated at London, 04 July 1700, EL/S2/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_14/letter-from-hans-sloane-to-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-dated-at-london, accessed on 13 September 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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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
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Hans Sloane
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