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Letter, 'The acceleration of the motion of the planets' from Leonhard Euler to Caspar Wetstein

Reference number: L&P/2/503

Date: 09 April 1754

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 16 May 1754

Reference number
L&P/2/503
Earliest possible date
09 April 1754
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Leonhard Euler

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Leonhard Euler, Letter, 'The acceleration of the motion of the planets' from Leonhard Euler to Caspar Wetstein, 09 April 1754, L&P/2/503, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_503/letter-the-acceleration-of-the-motion-of-the-planets-from-leonhard-euler-to-caspar-wetstein, accessed on 19 May 2025

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