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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The problems solved aren't new but the method of solution is.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1893].

Reference number
RR/11/141
Earliest possible date
25 May 1892
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Davidson Niven

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William Davidson Niven, Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'The potential of an anchor ring' by Frank Watson Dyson, 25 May 1892, RR/11/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_11_141/referees-report-by-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-the-potential-of-an-anchor-ring-by-frank-watson-dyson, accessed on 13 December 2024

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