BIB_ID
299734
Accession number
MA 3874.1-19
Display Date
1739-1753.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
19 items, unbound ; size varies
Provenance
Gift of Mr. H.P. Kraus in 1979.
Summary
Collection consists of 13 letters (MA 3874.1-13) from Samuel Koenig to Pierre Maupertuis, recording their controversy over the theory of least action, which culminated in Koenig's expulsion from the Berlin Academy. Collection also contains 3 letters (MA 3874.14-16 from Koenig to Jean-Henri-Samuel Formey, the secretary of the Berlin Academy, regarding the controversy and expulsion proceedings; 1 letter (MA 3874.17) from Formey to Maupertuis and 2 letters (MA 3874.18-19) from Johann Georg Altmann to Maupertuis related to the theory of least action controversy. Letters are written primarily from The Hague and Bern to Maupertuis in Berlin. Letters have been described individually in 19 catalog records; see related records for more information.
Housed in
Red half leather drop spine box (26.8 cm)
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