An Update of the Paper, ‘On known and less known relations of Leonhard Euler with Poland’ (DOI: 10.4467/23921749SHS.16.005.6148)
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https://doi.org/10.4467/2543702XSHS.23.007.17698Keywords:
J.A. Euler, M. Poczobutt-Odlanicki, A.J. Lexell, cometsAbstract
In this note we publish a short letter from Leonhard Euler’s son, Johann Albrecht Euler, the Secretary of the Imperial Academy in St. Petersburg, to Marcin Poczobutt-Odlanicki, the Vilnius astronomer. The fate of this letter seemed unknown, but we know its content now. The main news in this correspondence was the discovery of a comet by the astronomer Anders Johan Lexell.
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Euler, Jean-Albert 1777: A letter to Marcin Poczobutt-Odlanicki (St. Petersbourg, 19 December, 1777). Vilnius University Library, Manuscript Section, F16-16. URL: https://kolekcijos.biblioteka.vu.lt/objects/VUB01_000663162#00001.
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Sznajder, Roman 2016: On known and less known relations of Leonhard Euler with Poland. Studia Historiae Scientiarum 15, pp. 75–110. DOI: 10.4467/23921749SHS.16.005.6148.
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