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Referee's report by George Neville Watson, on a paper 'Oblate spheroidal harmonics and their applications' by John William Nicholson

Reference number: RR/27/118

Date: 24 January 1923

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Contains detailed remarks

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1924].

Endorsed on verso as received January 1923

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RR/27/118
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24 January 1923
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Standardised form (type D), letter on paper, notes on paper, typed copy of notes on paper
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24 pages
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George Neville Watson

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George Neville Watson, Referee's report by George Neville Watson, on a paper 'Oblate spheroidal harmonics and their applications' by John William Nicholson, 24 January 1923, RR/27/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_27_118/referees-report-by-george-neville-watson-on-a-paper-oblate-spheroidal-harmonics-and-their-applications-by-john-william-nicholson, accessed on 13 November 2025

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