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'Giving some Account of a french Paper relating to the Application of the Doctrine of Proportions to negative Quantities etc' in a letter from the Reverend Desaguliers to William Rutty

Reference number: RBO/14/45

Date: 1728

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Read to the Royal Society on 20 March 1728

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RBO/14/45
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1728
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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'Giving some Account of a french Paper relating to the Application of the Doctrine of Proportions to negative Quantities etc' in a letter from the Reverend Desaguliers to William Rutty, 1728, RBO/14/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_45/giving-some-account-of-a-french-paper-relating-to-the-application-of-the-doctrine-of-proportions-to-negative-quantities-etc-in-a-letter-from-the-reverend-desaguliers-to-william-rutty, accessed on 10 February 2026

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