Ariadne's Thread: The Life and Times of Oughtred's Clavis

Annals of Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-60

  Stedall, Jacqueline Anne ^a  

^a The Grange   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919621174     PISSN: 00033790     EISSN: 1464505X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000337900296290     Document Type: Article

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