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Referee's report by George Boole, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols - second memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell

Reference number: RR/4/221

Date: 13 May 1862

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it 'relates to a theory which ought to be completed'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

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RR/4/221
Earliest possible date
13 May 1862
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Report on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Boole

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George Boole, Referee's report by George Boole, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols - second memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell, 13 May 1862, RR/4/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_221/referees-report-by-george-boole-on-a-paper-on-the-calculus-of-symbols-second-memoir-by-william-henry-leighton-russell, accessed on 19 May 2025

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