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Referee feels they cannot offer an opinion on the paper.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

Reference number
RR/4/145
Earliest possible date
21 February 1862
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Spottiswoode

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William Spottiswoode, Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the theory of the polyedra' by Thomas Penynton Kirkman, 21 February 1862, RR/4/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_145/referees-report-by-william-spottiswoode-on-a-paper-on-the-theory-of-the-polyedra-by-thomas-penynton-kirkman, accessed on 22 May 2025

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