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Letter, 'The binomial theorum demonstrated by the principles of multiplication' from Abraham Robertson to Nevil Maskelyne

Reference number: L&P/10/121

Date: 27 October 1794

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The binomial theorem demonstrated by the principles of multiplication. By Abram Robertson, A.M. of Christ Church, Oxford, F. R. S. In a letter to the Rev. Dr. Maskelyne, F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal'

Read 21 May 1795

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L&P/10/121
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27 October 1794
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Abraham Robertson

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Abraham Robertson, Letter, 'The binomial theorum demonstrated by the principles of multiplication' from Abraham Robertson to Nevil Maskelyne, 27 October 1794, L&P/10/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_121/letter-the-binomial-theorum-demonstrated-by-the-principles-of-multiplication-from-abraham-robertson-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 11 September 2024

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