Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'A generalized vector analysis of four dimensions' by H T Flint

Reference number: RR/28/135

Date: March 1923

Description

Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Refers to work of Hamilton and Gibbs. Considers some of the beginning of the paper to be loosely worded. Suggests looking at some of the notation from the printers point of view.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1923]

Endorsed on verso as received 19 January 1924.

Reference number
RR/28/135
Earliest possible date
March 1923
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Arthur Stanley Eddington

View page for Arthur Stanley Eddington

Use this record

IIIF manifest

View​ IIIF ​ manifest Opens in new tab

Open in Mirador viewer Opens in new tab

Export this record

Download PDF Opens in new tab

Citation

Arthur Stanley Eddington, Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'A generalized vector analysis of four dimensions' by H T Flint, March 1923, RR/28/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_28_135/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-a-generalized-vector-analysis-of-four-dimensions-by-h-t-flint, accessed on 13 December 2025

Link to this record

https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_28_135/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-a-generalized-vector-analysis-of-four-dimensions-by-h-t-flint

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/rr_28_135/referees-report-by-arthur-stanley-eddington-on-a-paper-a-generalized-vector-analysis-of-four-dimensions-by-h-t-flint" title="Referee's report by Arthur Stanley Eddington, on a paper 'A generalized vector analysis of four dimensions' by H T Flint" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Related Publications

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Explore the collection

  • Referee Reports

    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

    View collection