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Report to the Committee from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the equations of circles. (Second memoir.)' by John Casey

Reference number: RR/8/80

Date: 07 October 1878

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', although the paper is well worthy of publication. Was asked to encourage the author to print it elsewhere, in which he has been successful, and has such been allowed to withdraw the paper, but without the leave of the Committee. Begs 'leave to apply to the Committee for a vote of impunity [?]'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1878]

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RR/8/80
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07 October 1878
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Report to the Committee from George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'On the equations of circles. (Second memoir.)' by John Casey, 07 October 1878, RR/8/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_80/report-to-the-committee-from-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-on-the-equations-of-circles-second-memoir-by-john-casey, accessed on 16 June 2026

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