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Letter, 'On pi' from Friedrich Gottlob Hanke to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/338

Date: 1752

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Subject: Mathematics

Read 4 December 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/338
Earliest possible date
1752
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'On pi' from Friedrich Gottlob Hanke to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 1752, L&P/2/338, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_338/letter-on-pi-from-friedrich-gottlob-hanke-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 January 2025

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