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Reference numberRR/5/132
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman
Date24 September 1863
DescriptionThanks George Gabriel Stokes for his report. Discusses the author's theory of polyedra, and hopes the Royal Society will accept it. Wonders what the Royal Academy will do with their medal for next year, 1861. Hopes George Gabriel Stokes has read at least the mathematical portion of the paper published in the Proceedings

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1862]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1862.0010 Vol.152 1862
Related records in the catalogueAP/44/6
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1116Kirkman; Thomas Penyngton (1806 - 1895)1806 - 1895
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
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