D'Alembert also must have been disappointed for, on 1 January 1773, he wrote to Lagrange, the Director of Mathematics at the Berlin Academy of Science, asking him whether it might be possible to have Laplace elected to the Berlin Academy and for a position to be found for Laplace in Berlin.
D'Alembert din dapat ay para sa mga bigo, sa 1 January 1773, he wrote sa Lagrange, ang Director ng Matematika sa Berlin Academy of Science, na humihingi sa kanya kung ito ay maaaring maging posible na magkaroon ng Laplace elected sa Berlin Academy at para sa isang posisyon na nahanap para sa Laplace sa Berlin.