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RefNoEC/1861/05
Previous numbersCert X, 4
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TitleHirst, Thomas Archer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
CitationThomas A Hirst Esq. The Author of "On Conjugate diameters of the Ellipsoid" (Inaugural Dissertation) "On the existence of a magnetic medium" (Proceed of the RS 1855). Two paper on equally attracting curves (Phil Mag 1857 and Liouvilles Journal 1857) "On the potential of a body bounded by two elliptical paraboloids" (Liouville's Journal 1857). Two papers of equally attracting surfaces (Phil Mag 1858 and Comptes Rendus 1858) Two papers on the curvature of a series of derived curves and surfaces. (Quarterly Journ of Mathematics 1859). Two papers on ripples and their relations to the velocities of currents (Phil Mag 1861). Distinguished for his acquaintance with the science of Mathematics
ProposersFrom General Knowledge. Bartholomew Price; George Boole; Archibald Smith.
From Personal Knowledge. J J Sylvester; T Hewitt Key; E Frankland; Andw Ramsay
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Hirst, Thomas Archer: certificate of election to the Royal Society

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NA8240Hirst; Thomas Archer (1830 - 1892); mathematician1830 - 1892
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