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Paper, 'The analysis of infinite small quantities for the finding of properties of curves' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/20/87

Date: 1696

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Discusses the analysis contained in the book of this title, written by the Marquis Del'Hospitall, and printed in the Kings Imprimery at Paris, 1696. [This refers to Guillaume Francois Antoine de L'Hopital, 'Analyse des Infiniment Petits: pour l'intelligence des lignes courbes'.] Discusses polygons inscribed or circumscribed curves by the infinite multiplication of their sides, and other mathematical issues.

Subject: Mathematics

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CLP/20/87
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1696
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14 pages
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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Paper, 'The analysis of infinite small quantities for the finding of properties of curves' by Robert Hooke, 1696, CLP/20/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_20_87/paper-the-analysis-of-infinite-small-quantities-for-the-finding-of-properties-of-curves-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 08 September 2026

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