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Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'Sur la théorie de I'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple, et son application à la recherche de I'aplatissement du sphéroide terrestre' by M Oliveira [Baptiste d'Oliveira on index card]

Reference number: RR/2/61

Date: 19 March 1854

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Cannot form an opinion regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Believes the previous reviewer has not completed their task to the fullest manner.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/2/61
Earliest possible date
19 March 1854
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Joseph Sylvester

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James Joseph Sylvester, Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'Sur la théorie de I'orientation du plan oscillatoire du pendule simple, et son application à la recherche de I'aplatissement du sphéroide terrestre' by M Oliveira [Baptiste d'Oliveira on index card], 19 March 1854, RR/2/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_61/referees-report-by-james-joseph-sylvester-on-a-paper-sur-la-théorie-de-iorientation-du-plan-oscillatoire-du-pendule-simple-et-son-application-à-la-recherche-de-iaplatissement-du-sphéroide-terrestre-by-m-oliveira-baptiste-doliveira-on-index-card, accessed on 19 July 2026

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