The father and the son upon a time

DMI number:

7574

First Line:

The father and the son upon a time

Last Line:

Had each of them I pray define

Poem Genre / Form:

Question and Couplet

Themes:

Science[mathematical question]

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Content/Publication

Title:

Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [March 1711]

Page No(s):

p.106

Poem Title:

First Question

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