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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On quaternary cubics' by George Salmon

Reference number: RR/4/230

Date: 27 July 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is a 'valuable contribution to the theory of quantics'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

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RR/4/230
Earliest possible date
27 July 1860
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Letter on paper
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2 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 quaternary cubics' by George Salmon, 27 July 1860, RR/4/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_230/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-quaternary-cubics-by-george-salmon, accessed on 29 April 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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