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MAUPERTUIS PIERRE LOUIS: (1698-1759) French Mathematician and Philosopher. Maupertuis was the first President of the Prussian Academy of Sciences at the invitation of Frederick the Great. He is credited with the invention of the “Principle of Least Action”, and the Maupertuis´s principle, an integral equation that determines the path followed by a physical system, is named after him. Rare A.L.S., Maupertuis, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to Count François Algarotti, in French. Maupertuis wishes to travel to Postdam but explains the reason that prevent him of doing so and states in part `…ma santé n'est pas encore bonne, mais elle va sur son rétablissement. Mettez-moi au pieds du Roy ; et comptez que malgré le peu de lettres que vous m'écrivez, je vous aime toujours´ (“…my health is not yet good, but it is on its way to recovery. Forward my devote service to the King; and note that despite the few letters you write to me, I still love you”) Further and beneath his signature Maupertuis adds `Quand comptez-vous que le Roy revienne? Mr. de Hesse a t-il reçu le livre que je lui ai envoyé?´ (“When do you expect that the King will return? Has Mr. de Hesse received the book I sent him?”) Paper with watermark. Very small area of paper loss to the bottom left edge not affecting the text, otherwise G to VG
Francesco Algarotti (1712-1764) Venetian writer.
