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Walsh provides a new definition of a right angle, or straight lined angle, and attempts to address difficulties in the theory of parallels. A later version of this paper is found at AP/11/25.

Subject: Mathematics

Written by Walsh in Cork [Ireland].

Reference number
AP/11/23
Earliest possible date
15 January 1825
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, 'On the nature and properties of straight lined angles' by J [John] Walsh, 15 January 1825, AP/11/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_11_23/unpublished-paper-on-the-nature-and-properties-of-straight-lined-angles-by-j-john-walsh, accessed on 07 November 2025

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