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RefNoAP/43/5
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas P [Penyngton] Kirkman
Date1861
DescriptionKirkman writes on 'the complete resolution of the problem of the polyedra', presenting a classification of polyedra as to symmetry, which includes zoned symmetry, zoneless axial symmetry, mixed symmetry, neuter symmetry and asymmetrical. He goes on to explain this classification.

Annotations in pencil throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives Oct[ober] 24 1861'.

Subject: Mathematics / Geometry

Received 10 May 1861. Read 30 May 1861.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 10 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the theory of the polyedra'.
Extent334p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0044
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1116Kirkman; Thomas Penyngton (1806 - 1895)1806 - 1895
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