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A Plea for the Mathematician

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The remarks on the use of experimental methods in mathematical investigation led to Dr. Jacobi, the eminent physicist of St. Petersburg, who was present at the delivery of the foregoing address, favouring me with the annexed anecdote relative to his illustrious brother,C. G.J. Jacobi*—

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JACOBI, M. A Plea for the Mathematician . Nature 1, 263 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001263a0

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