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RefNoMC/8/114
LevelItem
TitleLetter from T [Thomas] Archer Hirst, the Athenaeum, to [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date26 November 1867
DescriptionRequesting a grant of maximum £25 from the Donation Fund to make photographic copies of Chasles' documents on Pascal and Newton as well as related documents held in the British Museum to prove the former's falsity. Hirst has been in correspondence with Sir Henry James on the matter.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8240Hirst; Thomas Archer (1830 - 1892); mathematician1830 - 1892
NA7273Sharpey; William (1802 - 1880)1802 - 1880
NA2879James; Sir; Henry (1803 - 1877); surveyor1803 - 1877
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