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Letter, from St George Ashe to William Musgrave, dated at Trinity College Dublin

Reference number: EL/A/35

Date: 18 March 1686

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In this letter addressed to Musgrave, Fellow of New College Oxford, Ashe states that he is sending the 2nd and 5th books of Euclid and the whole doctrine of proportion which is now more succinct. He is also having a transcription made of Mr King's discourse about engines which can raise water, and this he will send in due course. Further details are given about the mathematical ability of a young girl. Mathematical formulae are attached.

Subject: Mathematics

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EL/A/35
Earliest possible date
18 March 1686
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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St George Ashe

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St George Ashe, Letter, from St George Ashe to William Musgrave, dated at Trinity College Dublin, 18 March 1686, EL/A/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_35/letter-from-st-george-ashe-to-william-musgrave-dated-at-trinity-college-dublin, accessed on 10 December 2025

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