BIB_ID
299938
Accession number
MA 3872.42
Creator
Euler, Leonhard, 1707-1783.
Display Date
1756 July 31.
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Gift of H.P. Kraus, 1979.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 23.6 cm
Notes
Lower fore corner damaged, with loss of some words and Euler's signature.
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.
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
Reporting on Academy business, including an unsuccessful attempt to recruit Joseph Louis Lagrange; quoting from a letter (in Latin) that Lagrange sent to him; noting that all the Russian students in Berlin have left [preceding the start of the Seven Years War the next month].
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