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Letter, from Colin McLaurin to Martin Folkes, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: EL/L6/18

Date: 26 February 1726

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Concerning cubic and quadratic equations with impossible roots

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EL/L6/18
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26 February 1726
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Colin MacLaurin

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Colin MacLaurin, Letter, from Colin McLaurin to Martin Folkes, dated at Edinburgh, 26 February 1726, EL/L6/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l6_18/letter-from-colin-mclaurin-to-martin-folkes-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 10 February 2025

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