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RefNoMS/928/2/8
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Edward Hodgson Bewick, 49 Bierly Lane, Dudley Hill, Bradford, to Charles Vernon Boys
Date7 July 1923
DescriptionEncloses a rapid approximation of the type Boys has named [present]. He thanks Boys for his appreciation of Hodgson's missing figure problems and encloses a reprint of an article on them. They have attracted more attention than his serious mathematics. He gives another specimen result in the form of a table composed of any number and its first nine multiples.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionOn paper
AccessStatusOpen
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