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Paper, 'On the general resolution of algebraical equations' by Edward Waring

Reference number: L&P/7/83

Date: 1779

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the general resolution of algebraical equations'

Read 28 January 1779

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L&P/7/83
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1779
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Waring

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Edward Waring, Paper, 'On the general resolution of algebraical equations' by Edward Waring, 1779, L&P/7/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_83/paper-on-the-general-resolution-of-algebraical-equations-by-edward-waring, accessed on 11 July 2025

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