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Letter from George Howard Darwin, on behalf of the Committee, on a paper 'A Maya calendar inscription, interpreted by Goodman's tables' by Alfred Percival Maudslay to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/13/227

Date: June 1897

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The Committee all agree that that paper should be published in Proceedings. The author should reflect on Knobel's criticisms as to the obscurity of the subject.

Subject: Astronomy

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897].

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RR/13/227
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June 1897
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Letter and report on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Letter from George Howard Darwin, on behalf of the Committee, on a paper 'A Maya calendar inscription, interpreted by Goodman's tables' by Alfred Percival Maudslay to the Secretary of the Royal Society, June 1897, RR/13/227, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_227/letter-from-george-howard-darwin-on-behalf-of-the-committee-on-a-paper-a-maya-calendar-inscription-interpreted-by-goodmans-tables-by-alfred-percival-maudslay-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 December 2024

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