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Letter, 'An apparatus to show the passing of two bodies of equal cube through each other' from T Cunningham to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/4/74

Date: 29 April 1761

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Subject: Mathematics

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Reference number
L&P/4/74
Earliest possible date
29 April 1761
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'An apparatus to show the passing of two bodies of equal cube through each other' from T Cunningham to the Royal Society, 29 April 1761, L&P/4/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_74/letter-an-apparatus-to-show-the-passing-of-two-bodies-of-equal-cube-through-each-other-from-t-cunningham-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 06 February 2025

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