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Letter, 'Asking what sum the Royal Society will pay to 'un Liegois' who has 'trouve le logitude'' from Joseph de Grandchamps to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/417

Date: 15 January 1760

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Subject: Correspondence

Read 7 February 1760

Reference number
L&P/3/417
Earliest possible date
15 January 1760
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Asking what sum the Royal Society will pay to 'un Liegois' who has 'trouve le logitude'' from Joseph de Grandchamps to the Royal Society, 15 January 1760, L&P/3/417, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_417/letter-asking-what-sum-the-royal-society-will-pay-to-un-liegois-who-has-trouve-le-logitude-from-joseph-de-grandchamps-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 January 2026

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