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Reference numberMC/6/318
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Alex J [Alexander John] Ellis, 57A Wimpole Street, London, to W [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date27 April 1863
DescriptionRegarding the publication of his reduction of of Bessel's Hypsometrical Tables in the Board of Trade's 'Meteorological Papers'. Ellis' reduction was previously rejected by the Committee of Papers for printing in the Society's publications. He also references another paper he has submitted on the use of logarithms.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0108
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1862.0107
Related records in the catalogueAP/45/3
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6159Ellis; Alexander John (1814 - 1890); mathematician1814 - 1890
NA7273Sharpey; William (1802 - 1880)1802 - 1880
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