Record

RefNoAP/48/1
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Introductory memoir on the plane stigmatics' by Alexander J [John] Ellis
Date1865-1866
DescriptionEllis proposes to 'employ the familiar conception of figures which are related to each other, point to point, according to some definite law, for the purpose, not merely of completely reconciling commutative algebra with plane coordinate geometry, but of obtaining new and more general results from the usual equations.' He also aims to 'furnish a new and extremely simple method of denoting relations of length and direction'.

Marked on front in red ink as 'Archives Nov/65' and 'Page of addenda and corrigenda inserted Feb 19/66'.

Subject: Mathematics / Geometry

Received 23 March 1865. Read 6 April 1865.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 14 of Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Introductory memoir on plane stigmatics'.
Extent93p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1865.0039
RelatedRecordRR/5/67
RR/5/68
RR/5/69
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6159Ellis; Alexander John (1814 - 1890); mathematician1814 - 1890
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