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Letter from George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the significance of Bravais' formulæ for regression, in the case of skew correlation' by George Udny Yule to Karl Pearson

Reference number: RR/13/160

Date: 21 December 1896

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Has been sent the paper and asked to comment on whether it is too long for Proceedings. The mathematics in the paper is too complex and difficult to understand. The paper should be abridged to make it suitable for publication in Proceedings.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1896].

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RR/13/160
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21 December 1896
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Howard Darwin

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George Howard Darwin, Letter from George Howard Darwin, on a paper 'On the significance of Bravais' formulæ for regression, in the case of skew correlation' by George Udny Yule to Karl Pearson, 21 December 1896, RR/13/160, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_13_160/letter-from-george-howard-darwin-on-a-paper-on-the-significance-of-bravais-formulæ-for-regression-in-the-case-of-skew-correlation-by-george-udny-yule-to-karl-pearson, accessed on 16 April 2026

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