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Paper, 'On the calculus of symbols' by William Spottiswoode

Reference number: PT/64/4

Date: 1861

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the calculus of symbols'.

Received by the Royal Society on 9 October 1861. Read 21 November 1861.

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 11, 1862.

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PT/64/4
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1861
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Ink on paper; all pages folded
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27 pages
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Manuscript

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William Spottiswoode

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William Spottiswoode, Paper, 'On the calculus of symbols' by William Spottiswoode, 1861, PT/64/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_64_4/paper-on-the-calculus-of-symbols-by-william-spottiswoode, accessed on 05 December 2024

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