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  <dc:title>Unpublished paper, 'On quadrature of the circle' by [James Glenie]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Glenie discusses his theory of the perfect quadrature of the circle and commensurable magnitudes, providing proofs to support his arguments. Includes footnotes on flaps and a few minor graphite and ink annotations throughout. 22 manuscript pages including one geometric figure.

Subject: Mathematics

A very similar pamphlet was published in 1812: Glenie, James. 'Of the Circle, and the Infinite Incommensurability of Its Area to the Square of the Diameter, or of Its Circumference to the Diameter; Together with Very Useful and Rapid Geometrical Approximations for Both &amp;c'. Printed by W Bulmer &amp; Co, July 1812.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>[1811]</dc:date>
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