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Roswell Shurtleff letter

 Item: 1
Identifier: Mss 857460
Mss 857460

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Description

Letter from Roswell Shurtleff in Hanover, New Hampshire to Nathaniel Shattuck with an explanation of the origin of the process of extraction of cube and square roots. Writer thought he first solved the process in 1801, with Caleb Butler, but later discovered that Shattuck had originated the idea of using blocks which was explained later in Adams' arithmatice. (typewritten). Includes Mss 906103.

Dates

  • 1857-08-10

Creator

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Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

.1 linear ft. (1 envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Part of the Rauner Library Archives and Manuscripts Repository

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Hanover NH 03755 USA

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