Letter, from Christian Wolff to William Rutty
Reference number: EL/W4/6
Date: 03 March 1731
Description
Sends second part of 'Cosmologia generalis'; account of a post-mortem of a man who died from a stone falling on his stomach, with particular details about his ruptured intestine
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1731
- Reference number
- EL/W4/6
- Earliest possible date
- 03 March 1731
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christian Wolff, Christian von Wolff, Letter, from Christian Wolff to William Rutty, 03 March 1731, EL/W4/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w4_6/letter-from-christian-wolff-to-william-rutty, accessed on 11 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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William Rutty
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Christian Wolff
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