BIB_ID
122355
Accession number
MA 3874.1
Creator
König, Samuel, 1712-1757.
Display Date
1739 Jan 27.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. H. P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection 19 letters related to the least action controversy. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see collection-level record for MA 3874 for more information.
Signed "S. Koenig."
The first surviving letter from Koenig to Maupertuis.
Signed "S. Koenig."
The first surviving letter from Koenig to Maupertuis.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. H. P. Kraus, 1979.
Summary
Discussing Maupertuis's expedition to Lapland to measure the shape of the Earth, and mentioning their earlier meeting at the house of Bernouilli at Basel (where Koenig studied mathematics). Enclosing (not present) several mathematical papers. With a postscript mentioning Alexis Clairaut.
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