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Letter from Arthur Cayley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks, and two untraced papers by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher

Reference number: RR/8/281

Date: 24 June 1881

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One paper is more akin to William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin's report, than to his own. The remarks should be sent to the author. Refers to a comment about a paper being more or less like Pierre-Simon Laplace [RR/8/319]. Refers to two papers by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher.

Subject: Mathematics

[Papers untraced - publication status unknown]

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RR/8/281
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24 June 1881
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Letter from Arthur Cayley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks, and two untraced papers by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, 24 June 1881, RR/8/281, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_281/letter-from-arthur-cayley-to-george-gabriel-stokes-regarding-a-paper-on-toroidal-functions-by-william-mitchinson-hicks-and-two-untraced-papers-by-james-whitbread-lee-glaisher, accessed on 15 October 2024

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