| Reference number | L&P/7/143 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Conjectures as to Cardan's rule having been discovered by Scipio Terreus' by Francis Maseres |
| Date | 1780 |
| Description | Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A conjecture concerning the method by which Cardan's rules for resolving the cubic equation x3-qx=r in the first case of it (or when r is greater than 29vq—3v3, or rr—4 is greater than q3—27) were probably discovered by Scipio Ferreus, of Bononia, or whoever else was the first inventor of them'
Read 24 February 1780 |
| Extent | 26p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1780.0012 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7181 | Maseres; Francis (1731 - 1824) | 1731 - 1824 |