References for prime counting formulas from Eugene Dickson's book

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While reading Eugene Dickson's book History of the theory of numbers I came across following prime counting formulas:

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I want the papers by the authors but a quick google search couldn't give me nothing.

It would be very nice if someone could provide me with the links. (pdf if available)

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As regards Andreoli's paper see this link. The paper is written in italian. This is a short summary in english.

If $x\in \mathbb{R}$ and different from $x=0,-1,-2.,\dots$ then the function $$\Phi(x)=\sin^2\left(\pi\frac{\Gamma(x)+1}{x}\right)+\sin^2(\pi x),$$ which is the sum of two squares, is zero if and only if $$\begin{cases} \sin(\pi x)=0\\ \sin\left(\pi\frac{\Gamma(x)+1}{x}\right)=0\\ x\not \in \mathbb{Z}\setminus \mathbb{N}^+ \end{cases}\Leftrightarrow \begin{cases} x\in\mathbb{N}^+\\ \frac{(x-1)!+1}{x}\in\mathbb{N}^+ \end{cases} \Leftrightarrow \text{$x$ is a prime}$$ where we applied the Wilson's Theorem. Since $\Phi$ is a analytic in a neighborhood of the segment $[1,n]$ with $n>1$, by the Argument Principle, for any simple contour $\gamma$ passing through $1$ and $n$ (not a prime) and sufficiently close to the cut $[1,n]$, $$\frac{1}{2\pi i}\oint_{\gamma}\frac{\Phi'(z)}{\Phi(z)}\, dz$$ gives the number of primes less than $n$.