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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the contact of curves'.

Received by the Royal Society on 15 October 1861. Read 21 November 1861.

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PT/64/4i
Earliest possible date
1861
Physical description
Ink on paper; all pages folded
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Spottiswoode

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William Spottiswoode, Paper, 'On the contact of curves' by William Spottiswoode, 1861, PT/64/4i, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_64_4i/paper-on-the-contact-of-curves-by-william-spottiswoode, accessed on 13 July 2025

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