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RefNoPT/57/5/15
LevelItem
TitlePlate, figure 14 showing curve of caustic made of two circles by Arthur Cayley
Date[1856]
DescriptionFigure 14 showing the curve of a caustic consisting of two circles, one within and one outside the reflecting circle.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A memoir upon caustics'.

Written by Cayley at 2 Stone Buildings [Lincoln's Inn, London]. Received by the Royal Society on 1 May 1856. Read 8 May 1856.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk diagram on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1856.0033
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1857.0014
RelatedRecordRR/3/52
RR/3/54
PT/57/5
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6944Cayley; Arthur (1821 - 1895); mathematician1821 - 1895
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