| RefNo | L&P/7/57 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'A method of extending Cardan's rule to solving the 'irreducible case' from Francis Maseres to Samuel Horsley |
| Date | 27 May 1778 |
| Description | Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A method of extending cardan's rule for resolving one case of a cubick equation of this form, x3 ? - qx = r, to the other case of the same equation, which it is not naturally fitted to solve, and which is therefore often called the irreducible case'
Read 9 July 1778 |
| Extent | 67p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1778.0043 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6920 | Horsley; Samuel (1733 - 1806); mathematician | 1733 - 1806 |
| NA7181 | Maseres; Francis (1731 - 1824) | 1731 - 1824 |