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RefNoAP/1/18
Previous numbersAP.1.18
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Arithmetical investigations upon the extraction of roots' by Lewis Francis Bastard
CreatorBastard; Lewis Francis (fl 1819)
Date[1819]
DescriptionBastard, of Geneva [Switzerland], writes on the extraction of square roots from quadratic equations, including proofs to support his discussion.

Subject: Mathematics

Whilst this paper was not abstracted in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, a mention of its reading at a meeting of the Society was published in The Philosophical Magazine: 'LI. Proceedings of Learned Societies'. The Philosophical Magazine: A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics, vol 53, issue 252, 1819, p. 289.

Read to the Royal Society on 11 February 1819. Communicated by the President [Sir Joseph Banks].
Extent15p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1080/14786441908652143
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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