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
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- 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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On the equations of rotation of a solid body about a fixed point External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1864
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0016
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 5, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1863-1865 Reference number: RR/5
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George Gabriel Stokes
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William Spottiswoode
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