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Paper, 'Observations on the fundamental property of the lever, with a proof of the principle assumed by Archimedes in his demonstration' by Samuel Vince

Reference number: L&P/10/66

Date: 1793

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the fundamental property of the lever; with a proof of the principle assumed by Archimedes, in his demonstration'

Read 19 December 1793

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L&P/10/66
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1793
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Vince

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Samuel Vince, Paper, 'Observations on the fundamental property of the lever, with a proof of the principle assumed by Archimedes in his demonstration' by Samuel Vince, 1793, L&P/10/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_66/paper-observations-on-the-fundamental-property-of-the-lever-with-a-proof-of-the-principle-assumed-by-archimedes-in-his-demonstration-by-samuel-vince, accessed on 26 April 2025

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