TALBOT6401

29 Eaton Place. ¹

27 Feb. 1835

My dear Sir,

I merely write this to say that even when the roots of the equation you refer to ² are imaginary, the solution to the problem is not illusory. There is an example of this kind in Legendre’s 3^rd Supplement. ³

Yours very truly

J. W. Lubbock

London February twenty eight 1835 Howard Elphinstone ⁴
H. F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
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H. F. Talbot Esq^r
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham