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Paper, 'On the division of right lines, surfaces and solids' by James Glenie

Reference number: L&P/6/137

Date: 1775

Description

Contains mathematical figures.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Propositions selected from a paper on the divisions of right lines, surfaces, and solids'

Read 19 May 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/137
Earliest possible date
1775
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
48 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Glenie

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James Glenie, Paper, 'On the division of right lines, surfaces and solids' by James Glenie, 1775, L&P/6/137, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_137/paper-on-the-division-of-right-lines-surfaces-and-solids-by-james-glenie, accessed on 07 November 2025

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