Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : [Berlin], to Pierre Maupertuis, 1745 Dec. 10.

BIB_ID
299266
Accession number
MA 3871.5
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1745 Dec. 10.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 35 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.
With seal.
Summary
Discussing Maupertuis's "principle of least action." The letter is dated more than a year earlier than the publication of the principle.