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Unpublished paper, 'Notes on a generalization of the sine conditions and on the ideal lens' by T Smith

Reference number: AP/78/11

Date: 1912

Description

Smith writes on the general condition for identity of aberrations deduced from physical considerations, proof by geometrical reasoning in the case of rays lying entirely in one plane, two special examples of the sine condition and the ideal lens with details of particular cases.

Note on front reads 'This paper was not accepted and the vote of Committee of Papers was that it be not published. 23 January 1913.' Includes three pages of geometrical diagrams.

Subject: Mathematics / Physics

Received 23 October 1912. Not read.

Reference number
AP/78/11
Earliest possible date
1912
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Typescript
Diagram

Creator name

T Smith

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T Smith, Unpublished paper, 'Notes on a generalization of the sine conditions and on the ideal lens' by T Smith, 1912, AP/78/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_78_11/unpublished-paper-notes-on-a-generalization-of-the-sine-conditions-and-on-the-ideal-lens-by-t-smith, accessed on 09 July 2025

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