Letter, 'Concerning the contraction of the orbits of the planets' from Leonhardt Euler to to the Prince
Reference number: L&P/2/56
Date: 1749
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Subject: Astronomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Part of a letter from Mr. Professor Euler to the Reverend Mr. Wetstein, chaplain to his Royal Highness the prince, concerning the contraction of the orbits of the Planets. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. and F. R. S'
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- L&P/2/56
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- 1749
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- 4 pages
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Leonhard Euler, Letter, 'Concerning the contraction of the orbits of the planets' from Leonhardt Euler to to the Prince, 1749, L&P/2/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_56/letter-concerning-the-contraction-of-the-orbits-of-the-planets-from-leonhardt-euler-to-to-the-prince, accessed on 13 December 2025
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XVI. Part of a letter from Mr. Professor Euler to the Reverend Mr. Wetstein, chaplain to his Royal Highness the prince, concerning the contraction of the orbits of the Planets. Translated from the French by T. S. M. D. and F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1750
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1749.0070
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