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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. There is no novelty in the process. The paper does not advance much on the work of the referee published in the Quarterly Mathematical Journal.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1888]

Reference number
RR/10/182
Earliest possible date
26 January 1888
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the direct application of first principles in the theory of partial differential equations' by Joseph Larmor, 26 January 1888, RR/10/182, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_182/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-direct-application-of-first-principles-in-the-theory-of-partial-differential-equations-by-joseph-larmor, accessed on 10 December 2024

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