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Unpublished letter, 'Solution of an analytical problem' from Thomas Knight to Taylor Combe

Reference number: AP/8A/10

Date: 28 October 1817

Description

Knight provides his solution to a well-known mathematical problem on which the sine of nA and cosine of nA rely.

Subject: Mathematics

Written by Knight in Papcastle [Cumbria, England] and addressed to Combe at the Apartments of the Royal Society, Somerset House, London. Postmarked 1 November 1817. Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1818.

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AP/8A/10
Earliest possible date
28 October 1817
Physical description
Ink on paper; fold-out pages
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, 'Solution of an analytical problem' from Thomas Knight to Taylor Combe, 28 October 1817, AP/8A/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_8a_10/unpublished-letter-solution-of-an-analytical-problem-from-thomas-knight-to-taylor-combe, accessed on 13 June 2026

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