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

Reference number: RR/4/222

Date: 22 June 1862

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Although the results have 'no immediate practical application as those of the first memoir', they are still of 'considerable importance'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

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RR/4/222
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22 June 1862
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Letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Spottiswoode

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William Spottiswoode, Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On the calculus of symbols - second memoir' by William Henry Leighton Russell, 22 June 1862, RR/4/222, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_222/referees-report-by-william-spottiswoode-on-a-paper-on-the-calculus-of-symbols-second-memoir-by-william-henry-leighton-russell, accessed on 14 March 2026

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