Record

RefNoAP/12/13/1
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding the quadrature of the circle from Charles Hudson to the President of the Royal Society [Davies Gilbert]
Date10 September 1828
DescriptionHudson summarises three letters sent by him to Thomas Young regarding the quadrature of the circle, and then adds further calculations relative to the subject. He explains that he has calculated the value of pi and the quadrature and square of quadrature to upwards of 42 decimal places.

Subject: Mathematics

Written by Hudson at Mr Cowen's House in Howrah [West Bengal, India].
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/12/13
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8707Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839)1767-1839
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