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Letter from Henry Martyn Taylor, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On a graphical representation of the twenty-seven lines on a cubic surface' by Henry Martyn Taylor

Reference number: RR/12/46

Date: 16 October 1893

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Returns the referee reports. 'I am not up in the ways of the Royal Society: but I know they are a body which insists on strict observance of rules'. Asks if the paper must be returned with alterations clearly marked. One referee's name was clearly visible, despite attempted redaction, 'luckily he did not say any thing which was likely to hurt anyone's feelings'.

Subject: Mathematics

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

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RR/12/46
Earliest possible date
16 October 1893
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Henry Martyn Taylor, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'On a graphical representation of the twenty-seven lines on a cubic surface' by Henry Martyn Taylor, 16 October 1893, RR/12/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_46/letter-from-henry-martyn-taylor-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-on-a-graphical-representation-of-the-twenty-seven-lines-on-a-cubic-surface-by-henry-martyn-taylor, accessed on 10 November 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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