Letter, regarding arithmetic tables from unknown author to [Hans Sloane]

Reference number: CLP/1/40

Date: 09 December 1731

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The author describes and illustrates his invention of arithmetic tables for individuals who are unfamiliar with the subject apart from adding whole numbers.

Subject: Mathematics

Addressed to the President [Hans Sloane] and Fellows. Written in London. Read to the Royal Society on 9 December 1731.

Reference number: CLP/1/40
Earliest possible date: 09 December 1731
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, regarding arithmetic tables from unknown author to [Hans Sloane], 09 December 1731, CLP/1/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_1_40/letter-regarding-arithmetic-tables-from-unknown-author-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 09 October 2024

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 1 concerning 'Arithmetick, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry'
1669-1731 Reference number: CLP/1

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