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Reference numberRR/29/32
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Geoffrey Thomas Bennett, on a paper 'On the thirteen semi-regular solids of Archimedes, and on their development by the transformation of certain plane configurations' by D'arcy Wentworth Thompson
Date19 April 1924
DescriptionSectional committee: [Mathematics]

It is 'interesting and worthy of record'. It is a 'peculiar and unusual' paper and some of the geometry is 'very amateurish'. Wishes for someones else's opinion to be considered before a decision is made.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1925].

Endorsed on verso as received 22 April 1924.
Extent7p
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D) and typed report on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1925.0014
Related records in the catalogueRR/29/33
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1153Bennett; Geoffrey Thomas (1868 - 1943)1868 - 1943
NA6267Thompson; Sir; D'Arcy Wentworth (1860 - 1948); naturalist and mathematician1860 - 1948
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