Letter 3498

Pierre Louis Maupertuis to Hans Sloane – September 4, 1728


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Date: September 4, 1728
Author: Pierre Louis Maupertuis
Recipient: Hans Sloane

Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4049
Folio: ff. 227-228



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Maupertuis thanks Sloane for hospitably receiving him during his stay in London. He sends his compliments to Mr Scheuchzer. Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698-1759) was a French mathematician, philosopher, and man of letters. He was the Director of the Académie des Sciences and the first President of the Prussian Academy of Science at the invitation of Frederick the Great (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis).




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