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RefNoL&P/6/223
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'A method of finding the value of an infinite series' by Francis Maseres
Date1777
DescriptionSubject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A method of finding the value of an infinite series of decreasing quantities of a certain form, when it converges too slowly to be summed in the common way by the mere computation and addition or subtraction of some of its initial terms'

Read 13 February 1777
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1777.0012
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7181Maseres; Francis (1731 - 1824)1731 - 1824
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