Also, I'm delighted that we now have the Academy record where they vote on the Maupertuis/König debate, and that Peter presents the letter from Maupertuis and collects the votes. Until now, my source for that had been Carlyle, and I'd always wanted something more reliable. And now, thanks to you, we have not just the original protocol of the relevant meeting, but a facsimile of the first page!
Well, thanks to the current Academy really, but yeah, I discovered this site a few weeks ago and it's quite neat as a resource.
Re: facsimile - if you click on "Scan des Protokolls vom ..." and then the "next page" icon, you get the whole record, not just the first page. And I'm quite impressed with the handwriting, pretty legible - would that be Formey's? (For a second I'd hoped that every attendee would have signed his (or occasionally her) own name and we'd get Peter's in his own hand, but sadly, not so. Oh, well.)
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Re: Keith(s)
Date: 2021-02-03 02:42 pm (UTC)Re: Keith(s)
Date: 2021-02-03 08:33 pm (UTC)Re: facsimile - if you click on "Scan des Protokolls vom ..." and then the "next page" icon, you get the whole record, not just the first page. And I'm quite impressed with the handwriting, pretty legible - would that be Formey's? (For a second I'd hoped that every attendee would have signed his (or occasionally her) own name and we'd get Peter's in his own hand, but sadly, not so. Oh, well.)
Re: Keith(s)
Date: 2021-02-03 08:45 pm (UTC)Oh, nice, the header is clickable! Even better. :D
And yes, I was impressed by the handwriting too. I'm not sure, maybe Formey's?
we'd get Peter's in his own hand, but sadly, not so. Oh, well.)
Awww, yeah. :/