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A round table I've got but the form doth not please me

DMI number:
7858
First Line:
A round table I've got but the form doth not please me
Last Line:
Without any waste to make two tables of one
Poem Genre / Form:
Question and Couplet
Themes:
Science[mathematical question]
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Relationship:
Answer To/Answered By
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [July-September 1711]
Page No(s):
p.288[i.e. 278]
Poem Title:
A Mechanick Quest. Proposed
Attribution:
By Mr. Richards
Attributed To:
John Richards