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Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin, on a paper 'On an extended form of the index symbol in the calculus of operations' by William Spottiswoode

Reference number: RR/4/247

Date: 12 March 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, with some modifications.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

Reference number
RR/4/247
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12 March 1860
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Fishburn Donkin

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William Fishburn Donkin, Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin, on a paper 'On an extended form of the index symbol in the calculus of operations' by William Spottiswoode, 12 March 1860, RR/4/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_247/referees-report-by-william-fishburn-donkin-on-a-paper-on-an-extended-form-of-the-index-symbol-in-the-calculus-of-operations-by-william-spottiswoode, accessed on 13 May 2025

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