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Paper, 'Hints of the use of tables of natural and logarithmic lines, tangents and in the numerical resolution of adfected equations' by William Wales

Reference number: L&P/7/212

Date: 1781

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Hints relating to the use which may be made of the tables of natural and logarithmic sines, tangents, &c. in the numerical resolution of adfected equations'

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Reference number
L&P/7/212
Earliest possible date
1781
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Ink on paper
Page extent
27 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Wales

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William Wales, Paper, 'Hints of the use of tables of natural and logarithmic lines, tangents and in the numerical resolution of adfected equations' by William Wales, 1781, L&P/7/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_212/paper-hints-of-the-use-of-tables-of-natural-and-logarithmic-lines-tangents-and-in-the-numerical-resolution-of-adfected-equations-by-william-wales, accessed on 21 June 2025

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