BIB_ID
127010
Accession number
MA 3871.1-47
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1740 Feb. 19-1757 Mar. 13.
Credit line
Gift of H. P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
99 items (237 p.), unbound ; size varies
Notes
A few letters defective with some loss of text.
Some letters include diagrams and mathematical equations.
Some with addresses, seals, or postmarks.
The series of letters is divided into two accessions (MA 3871 and MA 3872) and housed in separate boxes.
Some letters include diagrams and mathematical equations.
Some with addresses, seals, or postmarks.
The series of letters is divided into two accessions (MA 3871 and MA 3872) and housed in separate boxes.
Provenance
Willed by Maupertuis to Charles Marie de La Condamine; by descent in La Condamine's family.
Summary
On scientific and mathematical topics, the "Least Action" controversy, the affairs of the Berlin Academy, Frederick the Great, Voltaire, etc. Letters are described in 99 individual records (MA 3871.1-47, MA 3872.1-52).
Housed in
Two green leather drop-spine boxes (30.5cm)
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