Letter, 'Recommends Mr Charles Walmesley for election into the R.S.; speaks of earthquake in London; & of copies of his Nat. Hist.; of a burning-mirror of 360 small looking glasses' from George Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon to Martin Folkes

Georges Louis Leclerc, Letter, 'Recommends Mr Charles Walmesley for election into the R.S.; speaks of earthquake in London; & of copies of his Nat. Hist.; of a burning-mirror of 360 small looking glasses' from George Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon to Martin Folkes, 06 April 1750, L&P/2/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_116/letter-recommends-mr-charles-walmesley-for-election-into-the-rs-speaks-of-earthquake-in-london-of-copies-of-his-nat-hist-of-a-burning-mirror-of-360-small-looking-glasses-from-george-louis-leclerc-count-of-buffon-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 08 February 2026

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