Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1752 Mar. 31.

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Autograph letter signed : Berlin, to Pierre Maupertuis, 1752 Mar. 31.

Telling Maupertuis that he thinks [Samuel] Koenig falsified the letter from [Gottfried] Leibniz upon which much of the "least action" controversy was based.

1 item (1 p., with address) ; 23.7 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7952281

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