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A dissertation on the use of the negative sign in algebra : containing a demonstration of the rules usually given concerning it : and shewing how quadratic and cubic equations may be explained, without the consideration of negative roots : To which is added, as an appendix, Mr. Machin's Quadrature of the Circle

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1758.
Call number: 488135
Creator: Maseres, Francis (1731-1824)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 28 cm (4to)
Associated people: Machin, John, (-1751.)
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