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Letter from Joseph Prestwich, on two unnamed papers by unknown author

Reference number: RR/4/210

Date: 16 May 1862

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Asks for permission to withdraw two papers in order to re-write them. Also mentions condensing the two papers into one.

Reference number
RR/4/210
Earliest possible date
16 May 1862
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Joseph Prestwich, on two unnamed papers by unknown author, 16 May 1862, RR/4/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_210/letter-from-joseph-prestwich-on-two-unnamed-papers-by-unknown-author, accessed on 10 November 2025

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