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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz to Hans Sloane – September 23, 1707
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Date: September 23, 1707
Author: Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 27-28
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Leibniz sends a discussion of the steam powered boat built at Kassel.
Leibniz was a German mathematician and philosopher who contributed significantly to the development of each field among others (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz).
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George Brown to Hans Sloane – June 11, 1706
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Date: June 11, 1706
Author: George Brown
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: f. 176
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Brown relays a number of astrological observations, principally about the moon. He hopes they might be published in Philosophical Transactions. Illustrations accompany the letter. Brown references the work of Newton and Huygens.
George Brown (1650-1730) was a mathematician. Between 1682 and 1684 he was Minister at Stranraer and in 1685 he was appointed to Kilmaurs in Ayrshire. The Glorious Revolution uprooted Brown. He was forced to move his family to Edinburgh in 1689, from whence he was banished for not praying publicly for William and Mary. He taught Mathematics in Sterling where he invented an instrument for adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing called the ‘rotula arithmetica’ and published several mathematical works to accompany the apparatus. He went to London in 1712 (D. J. Bryden, “Brown, George (c.16501730)”, The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – January 10, 1707
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Date: January 10, 1707
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 285-286
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Scheuchzer details the process of publishing his ‘Itinera alpina tria’. He congratulates Sloane on the publication of his Jamaican text.
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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A. Ramsey to Hans Sloane – September 22, 1715
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Date: September 22, 1715
Author: A. Ramsey
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4044
Folio: ff. 98-99
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Ramsey reminds Sloane of their meeting at the Rainbow Coffeehouse in Covent Garden. He asks if he can borrow £1.
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Ezechiel de Spanheim to Hans Sloane – November 30, 1708
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Date: November 30, 1708
Author: Ezechiel de Spanheim
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4041
Folio: ff. 249-250
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Spanheim apologizes for missing a meeting with Sloane.
Ezechiel de Spanheim (1629-1710) was born in Geneva and studied at the University of Leyden. He became Professor of Rhetoric in Geneva in 1650. He tutored Charles I Louis, Elector of Palatine’s son and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1679. As a diplomat he represented German states in Paris and London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel,_Freiherr_von_Spanheim).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – November 3, 1723
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Date: November 3, 1723
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: f. 83
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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John Manley to Hans Sloane – October 14, 1723
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Date: October 14, 1723
Author: John Manley
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4076
Folio: f. 111
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – October 23, 1723
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Date: October 23, 1723
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4047
Folio: ff. 81-82
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).
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Ezechiel de Spanheim to Hans Sloane – June 24, 1706
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Date: June 24, 1706
Author: Ezechiel de Spanheim
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4040
Folio: ff. 185-186
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Spanheim returns books and a medal borrowed from Sloane. He sends a copy of his book.
Ezechiel de Spanheim (1629-1710) was born in Geneva and studied at the University of Leyden. He became Professor of Rhetoric in Geneva in 1650. He tutored Charles I Louis, Elector of Palatine’s son and became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1679. As a diplomat he represented German states in Paris and London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezekiel,_Freiherr_von_Spanheim).
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to Hans Sloane – August 25, 1729
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Date: August 25, 1729
Author: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer
Recipient: Hans Sloane
Library: British Library, London
Manuscript: Sloane MS 4050
Folio: ff. 176-177
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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672-1733) was a Swiss scholar and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1703 and his work was published in the Philosophical Transactions. In 1708 his Itinera aplina tira was published in London. It was dedicated to the Royal Society. His largest project was the Itinera per Helvetiae alpines regions facta annis 1702-1711, dedicated to his travels and published in four volumes in 1723 at Leiden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Scheuchzer).