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

Reference number: RR/8/203

Date: 07 November 1879

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Returns the paper on loan for alteration. The paper must be returned intact, with the only marks made being notes on omissions and replacements. Any new parts should be written on fresh paper with notes indicating where they should be inserted. No firm decision has been made regarding printing in the Proceedings, but any alterations made to improving the paper would make it more probable that it would be included in the publication.

Subject: Applied Sciences, Physics and Chemistry

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

Reference number
RR/8/203
Earliest possible date
07 November 1879
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Typescript

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Second letter from George Gabriel Stokes, to George West Royston-Pigott, regarding a paper 'Microscopical researches in high power definition' by George West Royston-Pigott, 07 November 1879, RR/8/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_203/second-letter-from-george-gabriel-stokes-to-george-west-royston-pigott-regarding-a-paper-microscopical-researches-in-high-power-definition-by-george-west-royston-pigott, accessed on 08 September 2024

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