Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Paper, 'Of stones of a regular figure found at Bagneres' by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu

Reference number: L&P/1/263

Date: 1743

Description

6 pages in French and 16 pages of English translation.

Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks on stones of a regular figure found near Bagneres in Gascony: With other observations, communicated by Monsieur Secondat de Montesquieu, of the Academy of Sciences of Bordeaux, in a letter to Martin Folkes, Esq; Pr. R. S'

Read 8 March 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/263
Earliest possible date
1743
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
22 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu

View page for Charles de Secondat Montesquieu

Use this record

Citation

Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, Paper, 'Of stones of a regular figure found at Bagneres' by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, 1743, L&P/1/263, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_263/paper-of-stones-of-a-regular-figure-found-at-bagneres-by-charles-de-secondat-montesquieu, accessed on 20 June 2025

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/l-and-p_1_263/paper-of-stones-of-a-regular-figure-found-at-bagneres-by-charles-de-secondat-montesquieu" title="Paper, 'Of stones of a regular figure found at Bagneres' by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Letters and Papers

    'Letters and Papers' contains the scientific correspondence sent to the Royal Society through the 18th century, many of which were published in its journal.

    Dates: 1741 - 1806

    View collection