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Shanks shares tables showing the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 60,000 and 110,000.

Includes a letter dated 4 April 1879.

Subject: Mathematics

Received 22 February 1877 / 15 November 1877 / 2 April 1879.

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AP/60/16
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1876-1879
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Ink on paper
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18 pages
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Manuscript

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William Shanks

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William Shanks, Unpublished paper, 'On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 60,000 and 110,000' by William Shanks, 1876-1879, AP/60/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_60_16/unpublished-paper-on-the-number-of-figures-in-the-period-of-the-reciprocal-of-each-prime-number-between-60000-and-110000-by-william-shanks, accessed on 16 August 2026

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