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Paper, 'General mathematical laws; comparison of magnitudes' by James Glenie

Reference number: L&P/6/233

Date: 1777

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The general mathematical laws which regulate and extend proportion universally; or, a method of comparing magnitudes of any kind together, in all the possible degrees of increase and decrease'

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Reference number
L&P/6/233
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1777
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Ink on paper
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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James Glenie

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James Glenie, Paper, 'General mathematical laws; comparison of magnitudes' by James Glenie, 1777, L&P/6/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_233/paper-general-mathematical-laws-comparison-of-magnitudes-by-james-glenie, accessed on 24 March 2025

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