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Paper, 'The geometrical summation of infinite series' by James Glenie

Reference number: L&P/12/105

Date: 1805

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Subject: Mathematics

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L&P/12/105
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1805
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8 pages
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James Glenie

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James Glenie, Paper, 'The geometrical summation of infinite series' by James Glenie, 1805, L&P/12/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_105/paper-the-geometrical-summation-of-infinite-series-by-james-glenie, accessed on 18 July 2026

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