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TitleLetter, regarding Charles Brown's rotula arithmetica from unknown author to unknown recipient
Date[1698]
DescriptionLetter regarding the invention by Charles Brown [erroneously referred to as George Brown in the letter] of a machine to aid in subtracting, multiplying and dividing.

Subject: Mathematics

Read to the Royal Society on 25 January 1698
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordRBO/7/93
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