BIB_ID
299797
Accession number
MA 3871.39
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1748 Nov. 30.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.2 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 problems with his liquid-filled lenses; giving the results of his research on the proper openings for various styles of lenses; mentioning the work of [Christian] Huygens on lens apertures; telling of his plan to read to the Academy his paper on the supposed atmosphere of the moon; noting that he has begun work on a treatise on dioptrics.
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