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Paper, 'An investigation of the general term of an important series in the inverse method of finite differences' by Reverend John Brinkley

Reference number: PT/1/7

Date: 26 February 1807

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Subject: Mathematics

Communicated by the Astronomer Royal [Nevil Maskelyne].

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An investigation of the general term of an important series in the inverse method of finite differences'.

Read 26 February 1807.

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PT/1/7
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26 February 1807
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Ink on paper
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25 pages
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Manuscript

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John Brinkley

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John Brinkley, Paper, 'An investigation of the general term of an important series in the inverse method of finite differences' by Reverend John Brinkley, 26 February 1807, PT/1/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_1_7/paper-an-investigation-of-the-general-term-of-an-important-series-in-the-inverse-method-of-finite-differences-by-reverend-john-brinkley, accessed on 21 March 2025

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