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Reference numberPT/7/2
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'On a remarkable application of Cotes's theorem' by J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel
Date6 October 1812
DescriptionA binding error has resulted in the final page of PT/7/1 being inserted into the volume after page 4 of this manuscript. Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/4/1.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On a remarkable application of Cotes's theorem'.

Written by Herschel in Slough. Communicated by William Herschel. Read 12 November 1812.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
Extent14p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0258
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1813.0005
Related records in the cataloguePT/73/4/1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8060Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer1738 - 1822
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8185Cotes; Roger (1682 - 1716)1682 - 1716
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