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(SCIENTISTS.) ALEMBERT,JEAN LE ROND DE;ALEXANDRE-THÉOPHILE VANDERMONDE. Letter Signed by both, "D'Alembert" and "Vandermonde," to the Publications Committee of the Academy of Sciences, in French, submiting a review of Traité Elémentaire de Méchanique by mathematician Charles Bossut, concluding that, "It seemed to us that this treaty was made with great order; that there was variety and choice in the problems and elegance in their solutions; and We believe that it deserves to be public." Text in the hand of Vandermonde. 7 1/2 pages, small 4to, written on two folded sheets; moderate bleedthrough throughout. [Paris], 30 August 1775
