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Paper, 'Account of a book on conic sections published in 1758' by Hugh Hamilton

Reference number: L&P/3/388

Date: 1758

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Subject: Mathematics

Read 31 May 1759

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L&P/3/388
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1758
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Hugh Hamilton

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Hugh Hamilton, Paper, 'Account of a book on conic sections published in 1758' by Hugh Hamilton, 1758, L&P/3/388, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_388/paper-account-of-a-book-on-conic-sections-published-in-1758-by-hugh-hamilton, accessed on 16 September 2024

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