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Whether any other Mathematician will appear, possessing sufficient leisure, patience, and facility of computation, to calculate the value of [pi] to a still greater extent, remains to be seen: all that the Author can say is, he takes leave of the subject for the present...

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William Shanks

William Shanks

Born: January 25, 1812
Died: June, 1882 (aged 70)
Bio: William Shanks was a British amateur mathematician.

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