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Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H Leahy

Reference number: RR/12/346

Date: 18 February 1895

Description

The author has cut out much material to make the paper a suitable length for the Philosophical Transactions, as the calculations would be difficult to print in the Proceedings. Encloses the manuscript for the consideration of the Committee.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894]

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RR/12/346
Earliest possible date
18 February 1895
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from William Mitchinson Hicks, to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H Leahy, 18 February 1895, RR/12/346, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_346/letter-from-william-mitchinson-hicks-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-certain-functions-connected-with-tesseral-harmonics-with-applications-by-a-h-leahy, accessed on 17 January 2025

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