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Letter, from Ashby to the Royal Society

Reference number: EL/A/61

Date: 31 January 1731

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Ashby presents his mathematical theorem with a figure
A note on the reverse, dated 3 February 1731, states: 'No regard was had to this, it being a proposition known to all the beginners. Not to be copied'.

Subject: Mathematics

Reference number
EL/A/61
Earliest possible date
31 January 1731
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript
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Letter, from Ashby to the Royal Society, 31 January 1731, EL/A/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_61/letter-from-ashby-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 October 2024

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