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Paper, Account of Mr. [Richard] Norris' book about arithmetic by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/68

Date: 02 December 1685

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Robert Hooke's account of Richard Norris' 'The manner of finding of the true sum of the infinite secants of an arch, by an infinite series' (London, 1685), read to the Royal Society on 2 December 1685. Notes that the book was recommended to Hooke by Dr Wallis.

Subject: Geometry, Mathematics

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CLP/20/68
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02 December 1685
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, Account of Mr. [Richard] Norris' book about arithmetic by Robert Hooke, 02 December 1685, CLP/20/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_68/paper-account-of-mr-richard-norris-book-about-arithmetic-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 13 May 2026

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