| Reference number | RR/7/29 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'Tables of the numerical values of the sine-integral, cosine-integral, and exponential-integral' by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher to the Secretary of the Royal Society |
| Date | 9 February 1870 |
| Description | Letter communicating Glaisher's paper to the Royal Society. Cayley states the work was not undertaken on his suggestion and it was him that recommended the author to submit the paper to the Royal Society. He believes 'the Philosophical Transactions would be the proper place for the not very bulky result of an enormous piece good honest work'.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870]. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1870.0020 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/7/30 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6944 | Cayley; Arthur (1821 - 1895); mathematician | 1821 - 1895 |
| NA6446 | Glaisher; James Whitbread Lee (1848 - 1928); mathematician | 1848 - 1928 |