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Letter from William Cunningham, on his paper 'On functions' to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/134

Date: 07 July 1883

Description

Is unhappy that his rejected paper is being held in the Royal Society archives. Asks for it back to offer for publication for another Society.

Subject: Mathematics

[Not published].

Reference number
RR/9/134
Earliest possible date
07 July 1883
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from William Cunningham, on his paper 'On functions' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 07 July 1883, RR/9/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_134/letter-from-william-cunningham-on-his-paper-on-functions-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 16 September 2024

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