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Paper, 'New method of finding the equal roots of an equation by division' by John Hellins

Reference number: L&P/7/261

Date: 09 February 1782

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A new method of finding the equal roots of an equation, by division'

Read 20 June 1782

Reference number
L&P/7/261
Earliest possible date
09 February 1782
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John Hellins

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John Hellins, Paper, 'New method of finding the equal roots of an equation by division' by John Hellins, 09 February 1782, L&P/7/261, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_261/paper-new-method-of-finding-the-equal-roots-of-an-equation-by-division-by-john-hellins, accessed on 18 April 2026

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