Please capitalize where necessary: peirce had presented some of his results from 1867 onwards to the national academy of sciences, of which he had been appointed a founder member four years earlier; but they could not afford to print it. thus, in an initiative taken by coast survey staff, a lady without mathematical training but possessing a fine hand was found who could both read his ghastly script and write out the entire text 12 pages at a time on lithograph stones.
Peirce had presented some of his results from 1867 onwards to the National Academy of Sciences, of which he had been appointed a founder member four years earlier; but they could not afford to print it. Thus, in an initiative taken by Coast Survey staff, a lady without mathematical training but possessing a fine hand was found who could both read his ghastly script and write out the entire text 12 pages at a time on lithograph stones.