Unpublished paper, regarding a geometrical problem by unknown author
Reference number: AP/12/1
Date: 1826
Description
Short paper on a geometric problem relating to two parallel lines on a base, where the square of the lines' distance is proportional to the square of the base, just as the angle of elevation is proportional to a right angle. Includes one set of diagrams within the text.
Subject: Mathematics
Addressed to Mr [John Frederick William] Herschel. Received by the Royal Society on 15 November 1826.
- Reference number
- AP/12/1
- Earliest possible date
- 1826
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper, regarding a geometrical problem by unknown author, 1826, AP/12/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_12_1/unpublished-paper-regarding-a-geometrical-problem-by-unknown-author, accessed on 13 July 2025
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Archived papers: volume 12, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1825-1826
1824-1828 Reference number: AP/12
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John Frederick William Herschel
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