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Paper, 'On a supposed error in the elements of euclid' by William Lax

Reference number: L&P/12/76

Date: 1804

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L&P/12/76
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1804
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William Lax

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William Lax, Paper, 'On a supposed error in the elements of euclid' by William Lax, 1804, L&P/12/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_76/paper-on-a-supposed-error-in-the-elements-of-euclid-by-william-lax, accessed on 09 June 2026

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