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Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'Investigation of new series for the rectification of the circle' by James Thomson

Reference number: RR/1/239

Date: 11 January 1837

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as 'the convergency of the series which he deduces is inaccurate'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1830].

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RR/1/239
Earliest possible date
11 January 1837
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Hunter Christie

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Samuel Hunter Christie, Referee's report by Samuel Hunter Christie, on a paper 'Investigation of new series for the rectification of the circle' by James Thomson, 11 January 1837, RR/1/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1_239/referees-report-by-samuel-hunter-christie-on-a-paper-investigation-of-new-series-for-the-rectification-of-the-circle-by-james-thomson, accessed on 09 March 2026

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