BIB_ID
299260
Accession number
MA 3871.2
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1740 Oct. 21.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from Euler to Maupertuis. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 3871 and MA 3872 for details.
Summary
Discussing Maupertuis's efforts to measure the earth's shape; thanking him for books; expressing his intention to accept Frederick the Great's offer to join the Prussian Academy.
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