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BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics Volume 21, 2006 - Issue 1
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Letters of William Emerson and Francis Holliday to the publisher, John Nourse

Rod Gow National University of Ireland, Dublin
Pages 40-50 | Published online: 03 Feb 2007

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