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Paper, 'On infinite series' by Edward Waring

Reference number: L&P/9/192

Date: 1791

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On infinite series'

Read 24 March 1791

Reference number
L&P/9/192
Earliest possible date
1791
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Ink on paper
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33 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Waring

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Edward Waring, Paper, 'On infinite series' by Edward Waring, 1791, L&P/9/192, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_192/paper-on-infinite-series-by-edward-waring, accessed on 15 May 2025

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