BIB_ID
299729
Accession number
MA 3871.34
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1748 May 18.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.4 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 a comet and noting that Johann Kies, the Royal Astronomer at Berlin, made several observations of its position; mentioning the Academy prize medal; saying that he read a paper to the Academy on the motion of vibrating strings.
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