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Paper, 'On a new method of approximation, applicable to elliptic and ultra-elliptic functions' by Charles W [Watkins] Merrifield

Reference number: PT/60/13

Date: 17 March 1860

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On a new method of approximation applicable to elliptic and ultra-elliptic functions'.

Written by Merrifield in Kensington [London]. Communicated by Rev H [Henry] Moseley. Received by the Royal Society on 26 March 1860. Read 24 May 1860.

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 10, 1860.

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PT/60/13
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17 March 1860
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Ink on paper
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13 pages
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Charles Watkins Merrifield

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Charles Watkins Merrifield, Paper, 'On a new method of approximation, applicable to elliptic and ultra-elliptic functions' by Charles W [Watkins] Merrifield, 17 March 1860, PT/60/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_60_13/paper-on-a-new-method-of-approximation-applicable-to-elliptic-and-ultra-elliptic-functions-by-charles-w-watkins-merrifield, accessed on 06 February 2025

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