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'A short Account of a negativo-affirmative Arithmetick' by John Colson

Reference number: RBO/12/78

Date: 1726

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Proposes a new method of notation in arithmetic in order to facilitate long calculations
Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1726

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RBO/12/78
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1726
Page extent
14 pages
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Manuscript

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'A short Account of a negativo-affirmative Arithmetick' by John Colson, 1726, RBO/12/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_12_78/a-short-account-of-a-negativo-affirmative-arithmetick-by-john-colson, accessed on 23 March 2025

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