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Referee is unsure as to whether to reccommend the paper for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He wishes it could have been 'somewhat fuller'. Has sent his notes on the paper to the author to be considered.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

Reference number
RR/4/229
Earliest possible date
20 July 1860
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Spottiswoode

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William Spottiswoode, Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on a paper 'On quaternary cubics' by George Salmon, 20 July 1860, RR/4/229, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_229/referees-report-by-william-spottiswoode-on-a-paper-on-quaternary-cubics-by-george-salmon, accessed on 29 April 2025

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