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Letter, from John Aymon [to the Royal Society] dated at The Hague

Reference number: EL/A/49

Date: 18 August 1702

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Concerning Aymon's mathematical theory for the quadrature of a circle with the hope of squaring a crescent shape
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Subject: Mathematics
The letter was read to the Royal Society on 14 October 1702 and the mathematical problem on 22 December 1703 [1702].

Reference number
EL/A/49
Earliest possible date
18 August 1702
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Aymon

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John Aymon, Letter, from John Aymon [to the Royal Society] dated at The Hague, 18 August 1702, EL/A/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_49/letter-from-john-aymon-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-the-hague, accessed on 05 October 2024

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