Unpublished paper and letters, on the quadrature of the circle by Mark Roworth
Reference number: AP/12/22
Date: April-May 1825
Description
Roworth provides his attempt to solve the problem of the quadrature of the circle using an equation for the segment of 90 degrees in a paper and a follow-up letter. Preceded by a covering letter from Roworth to the Secretary of the Royal Society.
Subject: Mathematics
Written by Roworth in Patna, Bahar [Bihar, India].
- Reference number
- AP/12/22
- Earliest possible date
- April-May 1825
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 14 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Unpublished paper and letters, on the quadrature of the circle by Mark Roworth, April-May 1825, AP/12/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_12_22/unpublished-paper-and-letters-on-the-quadrature-of-the-circle-by-mark-roworth, accessed on 20 January 2026
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Archived papers: volume 12, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1825-1826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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