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Paper, 'On the representation of polyedra [polyhedra]' by Rev Tho [Thomas] P [Penyngton] Kirkman

Reference number: PT/54/9

Date: 1855

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the representation of polyedra'.

Communicated by A [Arthur] Cayley. Received by the Royal Society on 6 August 1855. Read 6 December 1855.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 7, 1856.

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PT/54/9
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1855
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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman

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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, Paper, 'On the representation of polyedra [polyhedra]' by Rev Tho [Thomas] P [Penyngton] Kirkman, 1855, PT/54/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_54_9/paper-on-the-representation-of-polyedra-polyhedra-by-rev-tho-thomas-p-penyngton-kirkman, accessed on 05 December 2024

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