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Postscript dated 31 August 1844. First page of manuscript is missing.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On a general method in analysis'.

Written by Boole in Lincoln [Lincolnshire, England]. Communicated by S [Samuel] Hunter Christie. Received by the Royal Society on 12 January 1844. Read 18 January 1844.

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PT/28/3
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1844
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Ink on paper
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97 pages
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Manuscript

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George Boole

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George Boole, Paper, ['On a general method in analysis'] by George Boole, 1844, PT/28/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_28_3/paper-on-a-general-method-in-analysis-by-george-boole, accessed on 18 April 2025

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