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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A new method of solving numerical equations of all orders, by continuous approximation'.

Written by Horner in Bath. Communicated by Davies Gilbert. Read 1 July 1819.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/13/23
Earliest possible date
01 March 1819
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Ink on paper
Page extent
33 pages
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Manuscript

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William George Horner

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William George Horner, Paper, 'A new method of solving numerical equations of all orders, by continuous approximation' by W G [William George] Horner, 01 March 1819, PT/13/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_13_23/paper-a-new-method-of-solving-numerical-equations-of-all-orders-by-continuous-approximation-by-w-g-william-george-horner, accessed on 13 July 2026

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