Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Paper, 'On a new property of the tangents of the three angles of a plane triangle' by Mr William Garrard

Reference number: PT/2/8

Date: 1808

Description

Subject: Geometry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On a new property of the tangents of the three angles of a plane triangle. By Mr. William Garrard, Quarter Master of Instruction at the Royal Naval Asylum at Greenwich. Communicated by the Astronomer Royal [Nevil Maskelyne]'.

Communicated by Nevil Maskelyne. Read 11 February 1808.

Reference number
PT/2/8
Earliest possible date
1808
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Garrard

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

William Garrard, Paper, 'On a new property of the tangents of the three angles of a plane triangle' by Mr William Garrard, 1808, PT/2/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_2_8/paper-on-a-new-property-of-the-tangents-of-the-three-angles-of-a-plane-triangle-by-mr-william-garrard, accessed on 25 March 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_2_8/paper-on-a-new-property-of-the-tangents-of-the-three-angles-of-a-plane-triangle-by-mr-william-garrard

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/pt_2_8/paper-on-a-new-property-of-the-tangents-of-the-three-angles-of-a-plane-triangle-by-mr-william-garrard" title="Paper, 'On a new property of the tangents of the three angles of a plane triangle' by Mr William Garrard" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Philosophical Transactions

    The 'Philosophical Transactions' collection comprises manuscript versions of papers published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, the world’s first and longest continuously running journal dedicated to science.

    Dates: 1802 - 1865

    View collection