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Referee's report by Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'On the rectification and quadrature of the spherical ellipse' by James Booth

Reference number: RR/1bis/9

Date: 26 July 1842

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to Thomas Stephens Davies. Includes some diagrams.

Subject: Mathematics

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

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RR/1bis/9
Earliest possible date
26 July 1842
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Gompertz

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Benjamin Gompertz, Referee's report by Benjamin Gompertz, on a paper 'On the rectification and quadrature of the spherical ellipse' by James Booth, 26 July 1842, RR/1bis/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_9/referees-report-by-benjamin-gompertz-on-a-paper-on-the-rectification-and-quadrature-of-the-spherical-ellipse-by-james-booth, accessed on 15 June 2025

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