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Letter, 'The publication of seventeen Latin tracts by Sir Isaac Newton' from Joseph de Montagny to Giovanni Francesco Mauro Melchiorreto Salvemini di Castiglione

Reference number: L&P/1/87

Date: 1742

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Contains calculations.

Subject: Physics

Read 6 May 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/87
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1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Joseph de Montagny

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Joseph de Montagny, Letter, 'The publication of seventeen Latin tracts by Sir Isaac Newton' from Joseph de Montagny to Giovanni Francesco Mauro Melchiorreto Salvemini di Castiglione, 1742, L&P/1/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_87/letter-the-publication-of-seventeen-latin-tracts-by-sir-isaac-newton-from-joseph-de-montagny-to-giovanni-francesco-mauro-melchiorreto-salvemini-di-castiglione, accessed on 15 January 2025

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