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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On a new method of approximation applicable to elliptic and ultra-elliptic functions' by Charles Watkins Merrifield

Reference number: RR/4/185

Date: 27 July 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The paper is 'elegant'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

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RR/4/185
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27 July 1860
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On a new method of approximation applicable to elliptic and ultra-elliptic functions' by Charles Watkins Merrifield, 27 July 1860, RR/4/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_185/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-a-new-method-of-approximation-applicable-to-elliptic-and-ultra-elliptic-functions-by-charles-watkins-merrifield, accessed on 06 December 2024

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