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Referee's report by Willism Fishburn Donkin, on a paper 'On the differential coefficients and determinants of lines, and their application to analytical mechanics' by A Cohen

Reference number: RR/4/58

Date: 25 June 1862

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although an 'abridged account of the method might suffice for the present'.

Subject: Mathematics.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

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RR/4/58
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25 June 1862
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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William Fishburn Donkin

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William Fishburn Donkin, Referee's report by Willism Fishburn Donkin, on a paper 'On the differential coefficients and determinants of lines, and their application to analytical mechanics' by A Cohen, 25 June 1862, RR/4/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_58/referees-report-by-willism-fishburn-donkin-on-a-paper-on-the-differential-coefficients-and-determinants-of-lines-and-their-application-to-analytical-mechanics-by-a-cohen, accessed on 22 March 2025

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