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Stephen Duck and friend : mathematical texts

Stephen Duck's self-education by mutual improvement, as recorded by Joseph Spence in 'A Full and Authentick Account of Stephen Duck' (1731): "'He had one Dear Friend [...] They used to Talk and Read together [...] they sometimes studied their Arithmetick together. This Friend had been at Service at [italics]London[end italics] for two or three Years'" (pp.7-8).

Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Stephen Duck and friend     Print: Unknown

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