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Paper, 'A method of finding the value of an infinite series' by Francis Maseres

Reference number: L&P/6/223

Date: 1777

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A method of finding the value of an infinite series of decreasing quantities of a certain form, when it converges too slowly to be summed in the common way by the mere computation and addition or subtraction of some of its initial terms'

Read 13 February 1777

Reference number
L&P/6/223
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1777
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Maseres

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Francis Maseres, Paper, 'A method of finding the value of an infinite series' by Francis Maseres, 1777, L&P/6/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_223/paper-a-method-of-finding-the-value-of-an-infinite-series-by-francis-maseres, accessed on 16 March 2026

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