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Paper, 'De polygonis [The polygons]' by Samuel Horsley

Reference number: L&P/6/117

Date: 1775

Description

Contains seven mathematical figures.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'De polygonis Areâ vel Perimetro maximis et minimis, inscriptis circulo, vel circulum circumscribentibus.'

Read 19 May 1775

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L&P/6/117
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1775
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Ink on paper
Page extent
13 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Horsley

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Samuel Horsley, Paper, 'De polygonis [The polygons]' by Samuel Horsley, 1775, L&P/6/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_117/paper-de-polygonis-the-polygons-by-samuel-horsley, accessed on 25 May 2025

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