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Paper, 'Of the areameter for land surveying' by Robert Lewis

Reference number: L&P/4/184

Date: 1764

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Contains diagram.

Subejct: Mathematics

Read 26 January 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/184
Earliest possible date
1764
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of the areameter for land surveying' by Robert Lewis, 1764, L&P/4/184, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_184/paper-of-the-areameter-for-land-surveying-by-robert-lewis, accessed on 04 December 2024

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