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RefNoEC/1780/16
Previous numbersCert IV, 55; A57120
LevelItem
TitleClarke, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society
DescriptionNote on certificate: 'Ballotted for and rejected'
CitationMr Henry Clarke, Teacher of Mathematics of Manchester, is desirous of offering himself Candidate for admission into the Royal Society; and from our personal knowledge we recommend him, as highly worthy of that honour. He is well versed in Philosophical and Mathematical science; and has distinguished himself by the following Publications. which have been much applauded by many learned Members of our Society, and other competent judges of their merit.
1. Practical Perspective. Octo
2. The Rationale of Circulating Numbers; with useful Remarks on Various Parts of the Mathematics. 8vo
3. A Dissertation on the Summation of Infinite Converging Series, with Algebraic Divisors; Translated from the Latin of A.M. Logna, Professor of Mathematics and FRS; with Notes and Appendix. Quarto
ProposersThomas Percival; Thos Henry; C White; Thos B Bayley; Nevil Maskelyne; Cha Hutton; William ?
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