Discipline | Mathematics |
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Language | English |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) | The Mathematical Repository: An Almanack |
History | Published annually from 1741–1800 |
Publisher | Printed for J. Fuller |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Gentlem. Diary |
Indexing | |
OCLC no. | 5535685 |
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