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Subject: Mathematics

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Reference number
L&P/6/79
Earliest possible date
30 May 1774
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Swinton

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John Swinton, Paper, 'On the numerals of the Jews and Phoenicians' by John Swinton, 30 May 1774, L&P/6/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_79/paper-on-the-numerals-of-the-jews-and-phoenicians-by-john-swinton, accessed on 16 June 2025

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