'Concerning the roots of equations with the demonstration of other rules in algebra in a second Letter from Colin Maclaurin, Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, to Martin Folkes
Reference number: RBO/14/52
Date: 1729
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Original letter dated 19 April 1729 at Edinburgh continuation of a letter published in 'Philosophical Transactions'
Read to the Royal Society on 1 May 1729
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- RBO/14/52
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- 1729
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- 28 pages
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- Manuscript
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'Concerning the roots of equations with the demonstration of other rules in algebra in a second Letter from Colin Maclaurin, Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, to Martin Folkes, 1729, RBO/14/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_52/concerning-the-roots-of-equations-with-the-demonstration-of-other-rules-in-algebra-in-a-second-letter-from-colin-maclaurin-professor-of-mathematicks-in-the-university-of-edinburgh-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 16 March 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 14, copies of papers communicated 1728-1730
1728-1730 Reference number: RBO/14
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