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Letter from Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman

Reference number: RR/5/132

Date: 24 September 1863

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Thanks George Gabriel Stokes for his report. Discusses the author's theory of polyedra, and hopes the Royal Society will accept it. Wonders what the Royal Academy will do with their medal for next year, 1861. Hopes George Gabriel Stokes has read at least the mathematical portion of the paper published in the Proceedings

Subject: Zoology

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1862]

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RR/5/132
Earliest possible date
24 September 1863
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Letter from Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, 24 September 1863, RR/5/132, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_132/letter-from-thomas-penyngton-kirkman-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-on-the-theory-of-the-polyedra-by-thomas-penyngton-kirkman, accessed on 13 December 2024

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