BIB_ID
299864
Accession number
MA 3872.7
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1750 Feb. 20.
Credit line
Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23.3 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
Mentioning that every Jewish family is required to buy the new Jewish almanac; noting that families can be fined for possessing an almanac that is not approved; talking about the Homann firm of cartographers and their map of Silesia. The letter also mentions the French scientist Bouguer.
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