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Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On factorial expressions and the summation of hydraic series' by Tate

Reference number: RR/1bis/48

Date: 29 April 1843

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. 'No paper on Pure Mathematics should be admitted into the Phil.Trans, which do not present some novelty in method or result'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Not published]

Reference number
RR/1bis/48
Earliest possible date
29 April 1843
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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George Peacock

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George Peacock, Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On factorial expressions and the summation of hydraic series' by Tate, 29 April 1843, RR/1bis/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_48/referees-report-by-george-peacock-on-a-paper-on-factorial-expressions-and-the-summation-of-hydraic-series-by-tate, accessed on 20 July 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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