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RefNoMS/597/2/34
AltRefNoCa.2.34
Previous numbersMS 598 page 34
LevelItem
TitleLetters from Joseph Highmore of Lincoln's Inn Fields to John Canton at the Academy in Spittal Square.
Date1757
DescriptionLetter dated 14 September 1757
Concerning a mathematical idea

Letter dated 29 September 1757
Has again attempted a demonstration of the equality of the cases, of the lesser triangles produced by a parallel, drawn, to the common base of the larger triangles, between two parallels.
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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