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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Two general propositions in the method of differences'.

Written by Knight in Papcastle. Communicated by Taylor Combe. Read 27 February 1817.

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PT/11/16
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1817
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Knight

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Thomas Knight, Paper, 'Two general propositions in the method of differences' by Thomas Knight, 1817, PT/11/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_11_16/paper-two-general-propositions-in-the-method-of-differences-by-thomas-knight, accessed on 16 January 2026

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