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Referee's report by Alfred George Greenhill, 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/12/384

Date: 03 July 1895

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Mathematics

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

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RR/12/384
Earliest possible date
03 July 1895
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Alfred George Greenhill

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Alfred George Greenhill, Referee's report by Alfred George Greenhill, on a paper 'Theorems on the attraction of ellipsoids for certain laws of force other than the inverse square' by Edward John Routh, 03 July 1895, RR/12/384, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_384/referees-report-by-alfred-george-greenhill-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 18 January 2026

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