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Second referee's report by George Udny Yule, on a paper 'The fit of a formula for discrepant observations' by W F Sheppard

Reference number: RR/36/75

Date: May 1928

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The additions and alterations have cleared up any difficulties.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1929]

Endorsed on verso as received 30 May 1928.

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RR/36/75
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May 1928
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4 pages
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George Udny Yule

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George Udny Yule, Second referee's report by George Udny Yule, on a paper 'The fit of a formula for discrepant observations' by W F Sheppard, May 1928, RR/36/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_36_75/second-referees-report-by-george-udny-yule-on-a-paper-the-fit-of-a-formula-for-discrepant-observations-by-w-f-sheppard, accessed on 21 March 2025

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