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Paper, 'Quandratura circuli' by Jacobus Gabriel Rothman

Reference number: L&P/2/360

Date: 1753

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Subject: Mathematics

Read 21 June 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/360
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1753
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Quandratura circuli' by Jacobus Gabriel Rothman, 1753, L&P/2/360, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_360/paper-quandratura-circuli-by-jacobus-gabriel-rothman, accessed on 07 August 2026

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