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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, with modifications.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

Reference number
RR/4/70
Earliest possible date
09 June 1860
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Biddell Airy

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George Biddell Airy, Referee's report by George Biddell Airy, on a paper 'On the mathematical theory of sound' by S Earnshaw, 09 June 1860, RR/4/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_70/referees-report-by-george-biddell-airy-on-a-paper-on-the-mathematical-theory-of-sound-by-s-earnshaw, accessed on 20 March 2025

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