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Paper, Concerning 'Problema Austraicum' [the Austrian problem]

Reference number: CLP/24/5a

Date: 17th century

Description

Put forward as a document containing problems and answers, there are two mathematical problems in here, described in Latin and printed by Lucas Straubius in 1653.

Subject: Mathematics

Reference number
CLP/24/5a
Earliest possible date
17th century
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, Concerning 'Problema Austraicum' [the Austrian problem], 17th century, CLP/24/5a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_5a/paper-concerning-problema-austraicum-the-austrian-problem, accessed on 18 July 2026

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