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... subsequent account . In spite of the care I have taken I have no doubt that there are some omissions and errors in the following pages ; and I shall thankfully accept notices of additions or corrections which may occur to any of my ...
... subsequent account . In spite of the care I have taken I have no doubt that there are some omissions and errors in the following pages ; and I shall thankfully accept notices of additions or corrections which may occur to any of my ...
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... subsequently lectured in that university . From 1335 to the time of his death he was chiefly occupied with the politics of the church and state : he took a prominent part in the invasion of France , the capture of Calais , and the ...
... subsequently lectured in that university . From 1335 to the time of his death he was chiefly occupied with the politics of the church and state : he took a prominent part in the invasion of France , the capture of Calais , and the ...
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... subsequently moved to London and became physician to Edward IV . John Hodgkins , a fellow of King's , who died in 1485 is mentioned as a celebrated mathe- matician . 1 See pp . 15 , 20 of Die Geschichte der mathematischen Facultät in ...
... subsequently moved to London and became physician to Edward IV . John Hodgkins , a fellow of King's , who died in 1485 is mentioned as a celebrated mathe- matician . 1 See pp . 15 , 20 of Die Geschichte der mathematischen Facultät in ...
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... subsequently went to Padua , where he studied the writings of Regiomontanus and Pacioli . His arithmetic termed De arte supputandi was published in 1522 as a " farewell to the sciences " on his appointment to the bishopric of London . A ...
... subsequently went to Padua , where he studied the writings of Regiomontanus and Pacioli . His arithmetic termed De arte supputandi was published in 1522 as a " farewell to the sciences " on his appointment to the bishopric of London . A ...
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... subsequently published their works and taught elsewhere . Among the more eminent Cambridge mathematicians of the 1 See p . 346 of Ramus ; sa vie , ses écrits , et ses opinions by Ch . Waddington , Paris , 1855. Another sketch of his ...
... subsequently published their works and taught elsewhere . Among the more eminent Cambridge mathematicians of the 1 See p . 346 of Ramus ; sa vie , ses écrits , et ses opinions by Ch . Waddington , Paris , 1855. Another sketch of his ...
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