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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is a 'natural sequel' to a previous one by the same author published in the Philosophical Transactions. Refers to work by Georges Henri Halphen.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894]

Reference number
RR/12/130
Earliest possible date
20 October 1894
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Percy Alexander MacMahon

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Percy Alexander MacMahon, Referee's report by Percy Alexander MacMahon, on a paper 'The differential covariants of twisted curves, with some illustrations of the application to quartic curves' by R F Gwyther, 20 October 1894, RR/12/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_130/referees-report-by-percy-alexander-macmahon-on-a-paper-the-differential-covariants-of-twisted-curves-with-some-illustrations-of-the-application-to-quartic-curves-by-r-f-gwyther, accessed on 18 January 2026

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