Letter, 'Account of a portrait of Copernicus presented by him to the Society' from Nathaniel Matthew Wolf to John Hyacinth de Magellan
Reference number: L&P/6/213
Date: 07 April 1776
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5 pages in French, with 4 pages of English translation.
Subject: Correspondence
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a portrait of Copernicus, presented to the Royal Society by Dr. Wolf of Dantzick: extracted from a letter of his to Mr. Magellan, F.R.S'
Read 12 December 1776
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- L&P/6/213
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- 07 April 1776
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- 9 pages
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Nathaniel Matthew Wolf, Letter, 'Account of a portrait of Copernicus presented by him to the Society' from Nathaniel Matthew Wolf to John Hyacinth de Magellan, 07 April 1776, L&P/6/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_213/letter-account-of-a-portrait-of-copernicus-presented-by-him-to-the-society-from-nathaniel-matthew-wolf-to-john-hyacinth-de-magellan, accessed on 22 April 2025
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IV. An account of a portrait of Copernicus, presented to the Royal Society by Dr. Wolf of Dantzick: extracted from a letter of his to Mr. Magellan, F.R.S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1777
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1777.0005
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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