| (seq. 1)Cambridge 26 {December} 1787.
{Reverend} Sir,
Last {August} I gave the Academy a solution
of the problem requiring the Duplication of the
Cube, which you will find stated in the Dictio-
nary of Arts & Sciences. The difficulty consisted on
finding two mean proportionals between two
given extremes. Having surmounted that dif-
ficulty in my former paper, I have prepared
another for the next meeting, to shew how any
required series of proportionals may be ascer-
tained geometrically when the extremes are li-
mited. I am not wrong I believe in mentioning
this subject to you, as you have now been long
eno' in the study to begin to relish it.
Yours affectionately
James Winthrop
{Reverend} {William} Bentley- | (seq. 1)Cambridge 26 Dec. 1787.
Rev. Sir,
Last {August} I gave the Academy a solution
of the problem requiring the Duplication of the
Cube, which you will find stated in the Dictio-
nary of Arts & Sciences. The difficulty consisted on
finding two mean proportionals between two
given extremes. Having surmounted that dif-
ficulty in my former paper, I have prepared
another for the next meeting, to [skew?] how any
required series of proportionals may be ascer-
tained geometrically when the extremes are li-
mited. I am not wrong I believe in mentioning
this subject to you, as you have now been long
[end?] in the study to begin to relish it.
Yours affectionately
James Winthrop
Rev. Mr. Bentley- |
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