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Unpublished paper, 'On the connection between the quadrature of the circle and the geometrical trisection of the angle' by Lord Viscount [Philip Henry] Mahon

Reference number: AP/16/27

Date: 1832

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Mahon provides his proposed solution to the angle trisection problem. Includes one diagram.

Subject: Mathematics / Geometry / Trigonometry

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AP/16/27
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1832
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11 pages

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Philip Henry Mahon

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Philip Henry Mahon, Unpublished paper, 'On the connection between the quadrature of the circle and the geometrical trisection of the angle' by Lord Viscount [Philip Henry] Mahon, 1832, AP/16/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_16_27/unpublished-paper-on-the-connection-between-the-quadrature-of-the-circle-and-the-geometrical-trisection-of-the-angle-by-lord-viscount-philip-henry-mahon, accessed on 09 July 2025

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