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Unpublished letter, regarding addition to paper from John Walsh to Benjamin Gompertz

Reference number: AP/10/19

Date: 22 February 1830

Description

Covering letter for an addition (AP/10/20) to Walsh's paper titled 'Memoir on the development of functions' (AP/10/16), applying his theory to the surface of a sphere.

Subject: Mathematics

Written by Walsh in Leitrim Street, Cork [Ireland].

Reference number
AP/10/19
Earliest possible date
22 February 1830
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding addition to paper from John Walsh to Benjamin Gompertz, 22 February 1830, AP/10/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_19/unpublished-letter-regarding-addition-to-paper-from-john-walsh-to-benjamin-gompertz, accessed on 29 April 2025

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