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Letter, 'Du jardin du roy le 18 Juillet 1741' from Georges L L Buffon to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/1

Date: 18 July 1741

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Paper on observations from the 'Jardin du Roi' in Paris [now named 'Jardin des plantes'] on 18th July 1741. Names the translation of Newton's Fluxions.

Subject: Botany

Read 29 October 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/1
Earliest possible date
18 July 1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Georges Louis Leclerc

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Georges Louis Leclerc, Letter, 'Du jardin du roy le 18 Juillet 1741' from Georges L L Buffon to Martin Folkes, 18 July 1741, L&P/1/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_1/letter-du-jardin-du-roy-le-18-juillet-1741-from-georges-l-l-buffon-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 13 September 2024

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