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Unpublished letter, regarding formation of the curve from W A [William Archibald] Cadell to [Peter Mark] Roget

Reference number: AP/15/2

Date: 11 January 1831

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Cadell writes to Roget on the formation of the curve, touching on the inferior and superior flexures of the curve. Includes four figures in the text and three separate pages of illustrations.

Subject: Mathematics

Written by Cadell at 65 Charlotte Street, Portland Place [London].

Reference number
AP/15/2
Earliest possible date
11 January 1831
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Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
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Manuscript

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William Archibald Cadell

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William Archibald Cadell, Unpublished letter, regarding formation of the curve from W A [William Archibald] Cadell to [Peter Mark] Roget, 11 January 1831, AP/15/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_15_2/unpublished-letter-regarding-formation-of-the-curve-from-w-a-william-archibald-cadell-to-peter-mark-roget, accessed on 16 January 2026

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