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

Reference number: PT/64/5

Date: 1862

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Subject: Mathematics

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

Received by the Royal Society on 3 January 1862. Read 23 January 1862.

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 11, 1862.

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PT/64/5
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1862
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116 pages
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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman

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Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, Paper, 'On the theory of the polyedra [polyhedra]' by Rev Tho P [Thomas Penyngton] Kirkman, 1862, PT/64/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_64_5/paper-on-the-theory-of-the-polyedra-polyhedra-by-rev-tho-p-thomas-penyngton-kirkman, accessed on 09 February 2026

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