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>From: weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Euler and Diderot (was Re: A rock implements every FSA)
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Date: 25 Mar 92 17:44:48 GMT
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In article <1992Mar25.011753.27754@unixg.ubc.ca>, ramsay@unixg (Keith Ramsay) writes:
>Everything points to this story having been originally a total
>fabrication, then passed along from author to author (like de Morgan).

de Morgan is the earliest known reference--the assumption is that he
invented it.
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-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@libra.wistar.upenn.edu)


