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Letter from George West Royston-Pigott, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott

Reference number: RR/8/202

Date: 04 November 1879

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The objections on the second part of the paper are well-founded. Did not revise the work properly owing to poor health. Is happy to make alterations ad asks if a meeting would be a good means to communicate any recommendations.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Physics and Chemistry

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1881]

Reference number
RR/8/202
Earliest possible date
04 November 1879
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from George West Royston-Pigott, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott, 04 November 1879, RR/8/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_202/letter-from-george-west-royston-pigott-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-microscopical-researches-in-high-power-definition-by-george-west-royston-pigott, accessed on 24 June 2025

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