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Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the analytical theory of the attraction of solids bounded by surfaces of a hypothetical class including the ellipsoid' by William Fishburn Donkin

Reference number: RR/4/68

Date: 15 February 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, although the title should be changed.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

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RR/4/68
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15 February 1860
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Thomson

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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin on a paper 'On the analytical theory of the attraction of solids bounded by surfaces of a hypothetical class including the ellipsoid' by William Fishburn Donkin, 15 February 1860, RR/4/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_68/referees-report-by-william-thomson-lord-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-the-analytical-theory-of-the-attraction-of-solids-bounded-by-surfaces-of-a-hypothetical-class-including-the-ellipsoid-by-william-fishburn-donkin, accessed on 18 April 2025

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