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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'highly valuable'.

Subject: Mathematics.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

Reference number
RR/4/16
Earliest possible date
25 June 1862
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the theory of probabilities' by George Boole, 25 June 1862, RR/4/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_16/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-theory-of-probabilities-by-george-boole, accessed on 18 April 2025

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