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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The labour expended is out of proportion to the difficulty and importance of the subject. Suggests simplifying the methods and reducing the length of the paper. The final parts of the paper should be published separately.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/12/168
Earliest possible date
24 October 1894
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 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H Leahy, 24 October 1894, RR/12/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_168/referees-report-by-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-on-certain-functions-connected-with-tesseral-harmonics-with-applications-by-a-h-leahy, accessed on 06 February 2025

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