Record

Reference numberEL/A/63
LevelItem
TitleExtract of a letter, from John Allen to James Theobald, dated at Bridgewater, Somerset
Date15 May 1736
DescriptionAllen informs Theobald about a man who has demonstrated the quadrature of the circle

Subject: Mathematics/ Geometry
Read to the Royal Society on 3 June 1736
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originBridgwater, Somerset, England
Origin coordinates51.12837, -3.00356
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Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueLBO/22/90
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/045125f0-f143-454f-ac89-2f236430ff2e
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA942Allen; John (c 1660 - 1741)c 1660 - 1741
NA539Theobald; James (- 1759) - 1759
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