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Unpublished letter, regarding a paper on the development of functions from John Walsh to Davies Gilbert

Reference number: AP/10/15

Date: 23 January 1830

Description

Covering letter for the paper found at AP/10/16 on the development of functions. Walsh writes that he had received a letter from Gilbert regarding his previous note on the development of functions (AP/10/14), and that the Royal Society would like to read a more complete version of this memoir.

Subject: Mathematics

Written by Walsh in Leitrim Street, Cork [Ireland] and addressed to Gilbert at 45 Bridge Street East Bourn, Westminster [London]. East Bourn is struck out in Gilbert's address.

Reference number
AP/10/15
Earliest possible date
23 January 1830
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding a paper on the development of functions from John Walsh to Davies Gilbert, 23 January 1830, AP/10/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_15/unpublished-letter-regarding-a-paper-on-the-development-of-functions-from-john-walsh-to-davies-gilbert, accessed on 15 October 2024

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