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Letter, 'Of the atmosphere of the Moon' from Leonhard Euler to Caspar Wetstein

Reference number: L&P/3/258

Date: 26 March 1757

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3 pages in French, with 3 pages of English translation

Subject: Astronomy

Read 23 June 1757

Reference number
L&P/3/258
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26 March 1757
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Ink on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Leonhard Euler

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Leonhard Euler, Letter, 'Of the atmosphere of the Moon' from Leonhard Euler to Caspar Wetstein, 26 March 1757, L&P/3/258, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_258/letter-of-the-atmosphere-of-the-moon-from-leonhard-euler-to-caspar-wetstein, accessed on 13 September 2024

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