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Appendix 'A method of extending Cardan's rule' by Francis Maseres

Reference number: L&P/7/116

Date: 1779

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Subject: Mathematics

Read 4 November 1779

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L&P/7/116
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1779
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Ink on paper
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29 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Maseres

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Francis Maseres, Appendix 'A method of extending Cardan's rule' by Francis Maseres, 1779, L&P/7/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_116/appendix-a-method-of-extending-cardans-rule-by-francis-maseres, accessed on 12 March 2026

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