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Backs shares an abridged version of a triple register he has invented which is 'useful for every multiplication where the greatest number not exceeds 2000'.

Subject: Mathematics / Arithmetic

Written by Backs in Hamburg.

Reference number
AP/24/2
Earliest possible date
22 October 1841
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
28 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

J H Backs

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J H Backs, Unpublished paper, 'Triple register for every multiplication' by J H Backs, 22 October 1841, AP/24/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_24_2/unpublished-paper-triple-register-for-every-multiplication-by-j-h-backs, accessed on 08 February 2026

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