Smallest Penholodigital Square/Historical Note

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Historical Note on Smallest Penholodigital Square

$139 \, 854 \, 276$ was remarked upon by John Hill in his $1716$ work Arithmetick, Both in the Theory and Practice, where he stated:

This number $139854276$ is a very remarkable Number: First, It's a Square Number; Secondly it contains $9$ Places, and they are $9$ Digits, and I think there is not another that does.


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