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Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Researches on the geometrical properties of elliptic integrals' by James Booth

Reference number: RR/2/25

Date: 31 March 1852

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', despite the reviewer feeling they did not have enough familiarity with the subject to make a firm decision.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/25
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31 March 1852
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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George Gabriel Stokes

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George Gabriel Stokes, Referee's report by George Gabriel Stokes, on a paper 'Researches on the geometrical properties of elliptic integrals' by James Booth, 31 March 1852, RR/2/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_25/referees-report-by-george-gabriel-stokes-on-a-paper-researches-on-the-geometrical-properties-of-elliptic-integrals-by-james-booth, accessed on 11 October 2024

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