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Copy of a letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Spottiswoode, regarding a paper 'On the equations of rotation of a solid body about a fixed point' by William Spottiswoode

Reference number: RR/5/253

Date: 30 July 1863

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Requests the author to write a note outlining how his new process is an advance on the existing process, as per request from the referees.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1864]

Reference number
RR/5/253
Earliest possible date
30 July 1863
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Copy of a letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to William Spottiswoode, regarding a paper 'On the equations of rotation of a solid body about a fixed point' by William Spottiswoode, 30 July 1863, RR/5/253, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_253/copy-of-a-letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-william-spottiswoode-regarding-a-paper-on-the-equations-of-rotation-of-a-solid-body-about-a-fixed-point-by-william-spottiswoode, accessed on 18 February 2025

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