Autograph letter signed : the Hague, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1749 Oct. 8.

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Autograph letter signed : the Hague, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1749 Oct. 8.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/659840635

Thanking him for sponsoring Koenig's election to the Berlin Academy. Apologizing for not having written sooner and expressing his friendship for Maupertuis. With a postscript introducing the principle of least action, noting "the paper which you [wrote] on the minimum of action moved me to put down on paper some reflections which I have sent to Leipzig," and hoping Maupertuis would like his reflections.

1 item (3 p.) ; 23.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7951191

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