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
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- L&P/6/223
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- 1777
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- 6 pages
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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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Date: 31st December 1777
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1777.0012
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Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6
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