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Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Theorems on the attraction of ellipsoids for certain laws of force other than the inverse square' by Edward John Routh

Reference number: RR/12/383

Date: 12 June 1895

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Declines to review the paper. Is working on a paper on a similar subject, and has obtained similar results. The author also references a paper by the referee, which adds extra difficulty in reviewing the paper.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1895]

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RR/12/383
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12 June 1895
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Ernest William Hobson

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Ernest William Hobson, Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Theorems on the attraction of ellipsoids for certain laws of force other than the inverse square' by Edward John Routh, 12 June 1895, RR/12/383, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_383/referees-report-by-ernest-william-hobson-on-a-paper-theorems-on-the-attraction-of-ellipsoids-for-certain-laws-of-force-other-than-the-inverse-square-by-edward-john-routh, accessed on 12 May 2025

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