William Oughtred: A Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of MathematicsCajori, Florian
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William Oughtred: A Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of Mathematics
Cajori, Florian
Mathematicians -- Biography; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- History -- 17th century; Oughtred, William, 1575-1660
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