Account of how to measure the area of spherical triangles by Belidor
Reference number: RBO/13/78
Date: 1728
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Read to the Royal Society on 28 March 1728
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- RBO/13/78
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- 1728
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- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Account of how to measure the area of spherical triangles by Belidor, 1728, RBO/13/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_78/account-of-how-to-measure-the-area-of-spherical-triangles-by-belidor, accessed on 24 May 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 13, copies of papers communicated 1727-1728
1727-1728 Reference number: RBO/13
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