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Paper, 'Explication of an obscure passage in Albert Girard's commentary on Stevin's work' by James Simon

Reference number: L&P/2/463

Date: 1753

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An explication of an obscure passage in Albert Girard’s commentary upon Simon Stevin’s works (vide les oeuvres Mathem. de Simon Stevin, à Leyde, 1634, p. 169, 170)'

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L&P/2/463
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1753
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8 pages
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James Simon

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James Simon, Paper, 'Explication of an obscure passage in Albert Girard's commentary on Stevin's work' by James Simon, 1753, L&P/2/463, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_463/paper-explication-of-an-obscure-passage-in-albert-girards-commentary-on-stevins-work-by-james-simon, accessed on 15 March 2025

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