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Referee's report by Henry William Watson, on a paper 'On ellipsoidal current-sheets' by Horace Lamb

Reference number: RR/10/56

Date: 09 April 1887

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. To publish in the Proceedings would undervalue the paper.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1887]

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RR/10/56
Earliest possible date
09 April 1887
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry William Watson

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Henry William Watson, Referee's report by Henry William Watson, on a paper 'On ellipsoidal current-sheets' by Horace Lamb, 09 April 1887, RR/10/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_56/referees-report-by-henry-william-watson-on-a-paper-on-ellipsoidal-current-sheets-by-horace-lamb, accessed on 16 March 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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