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Referee's report by Edward Arthur Milne, on a paper 'An alternative to the rejection of observations' by Harold Jeffreys

Reference number: RR/45/113

Date: April 1932

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests adding to the introduction a short critical account of the current state of affairs. Refers to work of Pierce.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1932]

Endorsed on verso as received 12 April 1932.

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RR/45/113
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April 1932
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Edward Arthur Milne, Referee's report by Edward Arthur Milne, on a paper 'An alternative to the rejection of observations' by Harold Jeffreys, April 1932, RR/45/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_45_113/referees-report-by-edward-arthur-milne-on-a-paper-an-alternative-to-the-rejection-of-observations-by-harold-jeffreys, accessed on 29 April 2025

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