Letter, from John Aymon [to the Royal Society] dated at The Hague
Reference number: EL/A/49
Date: 18 August 1702
Description
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
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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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