Thomas Simpson: weaving fluxions in 18th-century London
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Publication:2436780
DOI10.1016/J.HM.2013.07.001zbMATH Open1284.01028OpenAlexW1987552818MaRDI QIDQ2436780FDOQ2436780
Publication date: 26 February 2014
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2013.07.001
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