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Ellis follows on from his initial paper on plane stigmatics (see AP/48/1), providing further definitions and examples of plane stigmatics.

Marked on front as 'Archives Nov/66'. Followed by seven pages of geometric figures.

Subject: Mathematics / Geometry

Received 26 May 1866. Read 14 June 1866.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 14 of Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Second memoir on plane stigmatics'.

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AP/48/2
Earliest possible date
1866
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Ink on paper
Page extent
186
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Diagram
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Alexander John Ellis

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Alexander John Ellis, Unpublished paper, 'Second memoir on plane stigmatics' by Alexander J [John] Ellis, 1866, AP/48/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_48_2/unpublished-paper-second-memoir-on-plane-stigmatics-by-alexander-j-john-ellis, accessed on 18 January 2025

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