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Letter from George Walker Walker, on his paper 'The theory of refraction in gases' to Augustus Edward Hough Love

Reference number: RR/16/131

Date: June 1903

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Walker replies to Augustus Edward Hough Love's criticisms in detail under the following headings: rejection of the theory of obstacles, proposed theory, algebraic work, and analytical discussion.

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RR/16/131
Earliest possible date
June 1903
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Letter on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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Augustus Edward Hough Love

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Augustus Edward Hough Love, Letter from George Walker Walker, on his paper 'The theory of refraction in gases' to Augustus Edward Hough Love, June 1903, RR/16/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_131/letter-from-george-walker-walker-on-his-paper-the-theory-of-refraction-in-gases-to-augustus-edward-hough-love, accessed on 06 December 2024

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