George Biddell Airy, Greenwich and the utility of calculating engines

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Authors Doron D. Swade

Publication date 18 August 2020

zbMATH Keywords

astronomycalculating enginescomputation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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