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'Explication de la nouvelle Table Chronologique de l'histoire Chinoise' by Father Johannes Franciscus Fouquet, a Jesuit and Bishop of Eleutheropolis

Reference number: RBO/14/27

Date: 1730

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Explaining the new chronological table of the Chinese history
Sent by Fr Guillemeau, a Barnabite at Paris, to Hans Sloane
Table showing Chinese year letters and hour letters from 'Philosophical Transactions' is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 31 December 1730

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RBO/14/27
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1730
Page extent
18 pages
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Manuscript

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'Explication de la nouvelle Table Chronologique de l'histoire Chinoise' by Father Johannes Franciscus Fouquet, a Jesuit and Bishop of Eleutheropolis, 1730, RBO/14/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_27/explication-de-la-nouvelle-table-chronologique-de-lhistoire-chinoise-by-father-johannes-franciscus-fouquet-a-jesuit-and-bishop-of-eleutheropolis, accessed on 13 April 2026

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