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Short paper proposing an algebraic method for calculating the area of a curved surface.

Subject: Mathematics / Geometry

Addressed to P [Peter Mark] Roget. Received by the Royal Society July 1832.

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AP/16/2
Earliest possible date
01 July 1832
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished paper, ‘On the quadrature of curve surfaces’ by unknown author, 01 July 1832, AP/16/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16_2/unpublished-paper-on-the-quadrature-of-curve-surfaces-by-unknown-author, accessed on 17 February 2026

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