Paper, 'Explication of an obscure passage in Albert Girard's commentary on Stevin's work' by [Robert] Simson
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)'
Read 20 December 1753
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- L&P/2/463
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- 1753
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Robert Simson, Paper, 'Explication of an obscure passage in Albert Girard's commentary on Stevin's work' by [Robert] Simson, 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-robert-simson, accessed on 15 April 2026
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LVI. 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) External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1753
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0056
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