| RefNo | AP/25/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'A new method of solving numerical equations' by Thomas Weddle |
| Creator | Weddle; Thomas (1817-1853); English mathematician; Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
| Date | August 1840 |
| Description | Weddle aims to develop a new, simple method of 'approximating to the real roots of numerical equations' and provides examples of his method.
Marked on back as 'Archives 10 June 1841 S H C [Samuel Hunter Christie]'.
Subject: Mathematics / Arithmetic
Received 29 August 1840. Communicated by S [Samuel] Hunter Christie.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 4 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'A new method of solving numerical equations'. |
| Extent | 38p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0159 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/1bis/51 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8168 | Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician | 1784 - 1865 |