Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 1 (1800 - 1814), pp. 478-479 (2 pages) ...
To solve an equation of the form \(x^2 + bx + c = 0 ... This gives the two solutions in surd form. To find approximate solutions in decimal form, continue to work the answer out with a calculator.