Item 3 - Letter from Geoffrey Thomas Bennett to W. W. Rouse Ball

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O./6.6/3

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Letter from Geoffrey Thomas Bennett to W. W. Rouse Ball

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  • 17 Oct. 1923 (Creation)

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1 sheet, typed with MS signature.

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Ball, Walter William Rouse (1850-1925), historian of mathematics
(1850-1925)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Emmanuel College, Cambridge. - Thanks Rouse Ball for [Cayley's] papers; 'Even these fragmentary 'remains' are very impressive. What a worker the great man was!'. Could have added a postscript to his previous letter: '"Bircloids remind me of those excellent plates of [Henry?] Perigal, of which I have never been able to get a copy"; is very glad to have the set of six now. Comments on [Cayley's?] 'oddly named' parabolites, and the 'elusive puzzle' of the page with no text showing some skew varieties.

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