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Reference numberAP/60/15/4
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished letter, regarding 'Extension of the value of E to 735 places of decimals; and of log 2, log 3 and log 5 to 310 decimals' from W [William] Shanks to George Gabriel Stokes
CreatorShanks; William (1812-1882); English mathematician
Date25 September 1878
DescriptionShanks presents the revised version of his paper, and asks that Stokes present it to the Royal Society. He thanks [John Couch] Adams for his assistance.

Written by Shanks at Houghton-le-Spring, Durham [England].
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
NA7558Adams; John Couch (1819 - 1892); mathematician and astronomer1819 - 1892
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