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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Essay on the resolution of algebraic equations: attempting to distinguish particularly, the real principle of every method, and the true causes of the limitations to which it is subject'

Read 6 June 1799

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L&P/11/104
Earliest possible date
1799
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
57 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Giffin Wilson

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Giffin Wilson, Paper, 'An essay on the resolution of algebraic equations' by Giffin Wilson, 1799, L&P/11/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_104/paper-an-essay-on-the-resolution-of-algebraic-equations-by-giffin-wilson, accessed on 07 March 2026

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