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Paper, 'On a property of prime numbers' by George Atwood

Reference number: L&P/8/184

Date: 1786

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Subject: Mathematics

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L&P/8/184
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1786
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8 pages
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George Atwood

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George Atwood, Paper, 'On a property of prime numbers' by George Atwood, 1786, L&P/8/184, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_184/paper-on-a-property-of-prime-numbers-by-george-atwood, accessed on 16 August 2026

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