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Paper, 'The construction of a quadratrix to the circle, being the curve describd by its equable evolution' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/1/32

Date: 1701

Description

The author writes on the equable evolution of a circle, meaning a gradual approach of its periphery to rectitude, so that the line of the circle becomes successively less of an arc rather part of a reciprocally greater circle.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The construction of a Quadratrix to the Circle, being the Curv described by its Equable Evolution'.

Reference number
CLP/1/32
Earliest possible date
1701
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'The construction of a quadratrix to the circle, being the curve describd by its equable evolution' by unknown author, 1701, CLP/1/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_32/paper-the-construction-of-a-quadratrix-to-the-circle-being-the-curve-describd-by-its-equable-evolution-by-unknown-author, accessed on 11 December 2025

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