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Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the K-partitions of the R-gon and R-ace' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman

Reference number: RR/3/168

Date: 07 January 1857

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1857].

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RR/3/168
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07 January 1857
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Spottiswoode

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William Spottiswoode, Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the K-partitions of the R-gon and R-ace' by Thomas Penyngton Kirkman, 07 January 1857, RR/3/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_168/referees-report-by-william-spottiswoode-on-a-paper-on-the-k-partitions-of-the-r-gon-and-r-ace-by-thomas-penyngton-kirkman, accessed on 27 April 2025

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