A proportional view: the mathematics of James Glenie (1750-1817)
DOI10.1016/J.HM.2008.12.001zbMATH Open1175.01019OpenAlexW2090319514MaRDI QIDQ833306FDOQ833306
Authors: A. D. D. Craik 
Publication date: 12 August 2009
Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2008.12.001
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