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Letter from Arthur Cayley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On certain developable surfaces' by Arthur Cayley

Reference number: RR/5/39

Date: 30 January 1863

Description

Requests permission to with draw his paper from consideration for publication in the Philosophical Transactions, but hopes the abstract can still appear in the Proceedings.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1862]

Reference number
RR/5/39
Earliest possible date
30 January 1863
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Arthur Cayley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On certain developable surfaces' by Arthur Cayley, 30 January 1863, RR/5/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_39/letter-from-arthur-cayley-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-on-certain-developable-surfaces-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 15 October 2024

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