Unpublished paper, regarding notation for a calculating machine by Thomas Fowler

Reference number: AP/23/26

Date: 09 June 1840

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Fowler presents details regarding the notation for a calculating machine he invented, as described in an earlier paper by Augustus de Morgan (see AP/23/24).

Subject: Mathematics / Arithmetic

Reference number: AP/23/26
Earliest possible date: 09 June 1840
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Thomas Fowler

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Thomas Fowler, Unpublished paper, regarding notation for a calculating machine by Thomas Fowler, 09 June 1840, AP/23/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_23_26/unpublished-paper-regarding-notation-for-a-calculating-machine-by-thomas-fowler, accessed on 09 December 2025

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Unpublished paper, 'Description of a calculating machine, invented by Mr Thomas Fowler, of Torrington in Devonshire [England]' by Augustus de Morgan
Creator: Augustus de Morgan Reference number: AP/23/24

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1768-1989 Reference number: AP
Archived papers: volume 23, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1838-1840
1838-1840 Reference number: AP/23

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