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Boduszynski writes on mathematical methods of ascertaining the shape of the globe, which conform to the laws of mechanics and hydrostatics.

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Subject: Mathematics / Geometry

Reference number
AP/24/3
Earliest possible date
14 March 1841
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Augustinus Boduszynski

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Augustinus Boduszynski, Unpublished paper, 'Figura globi terrestris' [The shape of the globe] by Augustinus Boduszynski, 14 March 1841, AP/24/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_24_3/unpublished-paper-figura-globi-terrestris-the-shape-of-the-globe-by-augustinus-boduszynski, accessed on 08 March 2026

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