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Comments [by Geoffrey Thomas Bennett] on a paper 'The geometry of the siliceous skeletons of the radiolaria' by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Reference number: RR/W/1/11

Date: 01 May 1932

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Paper reference code: B.16

Comments on the geometric content of the paper. States that the language should be more "businesslike" for inclusion in the Proceedings. Also points out some specific errors with an equation on page 8 of the manuscript. Sent to [James] Gray at King's College Cambridge [and subsequently forwarded to William Thomas Calman. See RR/W/1/10].

[Not published].

Received 3 June 1932.

Reference number
RR/W/1/11
Earliest possible date
01 May 1932
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Comments [by Geoffrey Thomas Bennett] on a paper 'The geometry of the siliceous skeletons of the radiolaria' by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, 01 May 1932, RR/W/1/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_1_11/comments-by-geoffrey-thomas-bennett-on-a-paper-the-geometry-of-the-siliceous-skeletons-of-the-radiolaria-by-darcy-wentworth-thompson, accessed on 25 January 2026

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