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Unpublished appendix, 'Note to paper "On Poisson's solution of the accurate equations relating to the transmissions of sound through a cylindrical tube: and the general solution of partial differential equations"' by Robert Moon

Reference number: AP/48/6

Date: 14 November 1866

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Moon presents corrections to his paper 'On Poisson's solution of the accurate equations relating to the transmissions of sound through a cylindrical tube' (see AP/48/5).

Marked on front as 'Archives May 16/67'.

Subject: Mathematics / Physics

Received 24 November 1866. Communicated by [James Jones] Sylvester.

Written by Moon at 6 New Square, Lincolnshire [England].

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AP/48/6
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14 November 1866
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Ink on paper
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38 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Moon

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Robert Moon, Unpublished appendix, 'Note to paper "On Poisson's solution of the accurate equations relating to the transmissions of sound through a cylindrical tube: and the general solution of partial differential equations"' by Robert Moon, 14 November 1866, AP/48/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_48_6/unpublished-appendix-note-to-paper-on-poissons-solution-of-the-accurate-equations-relating-to-the-transmissions-of-sound-through-a-cylindrical-tube-and-the-general-solution-of-partial-differential-equations-by-robert-moon, accessed on 11 February 2026

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