| Reference number | AP/17/9/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished letters, 'On the method proposed by Professor [George Biddell] Airy for expanding the disturbing function in his paper in "Philosophical Transactions" for 1833' from James Ivory to P M [Peter Mark] Roget |
| Date | May-November 1833 |
| Description | Six letters from Ivory to Roget regarding opposition to his work on the equilibrium of a mass of fluid, verification of Airy's method, and requesting that his research be presented before the Royal Society. The letters are dated 30 May 1833, 14 November 1833, 15 November 1833, 20 Nov 1833 and 26 Nov 1833, with the remaining letter undated.
Written by Ivory at 20 Southampton Street, Pentonville [London]. |
| Extent | 21p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7611 | Ivory; Sir; James (1765 - 1842); mathematician | 1765 - 1842 |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |