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Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin, on a paper 'On the laws of operation, and the systematization of mathematics' by Alexander John Ellis

Reference number: RR/4/73

Date: 08 January 1860

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'not likely to be useful'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1859].

Reference number
RR/4/73
Earliest possible date
08 January 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 the laws of operation, and the systematization of mathematics' by Alexander John Ellis, 08 January 1860, RR/4/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_73/referees-report-by-william-fishburn-donkin-on-a-paper-on-the-laws-of-operation-and-the-systematization-of-mathematics-by-alexander-john-ellis, accessed on 12 March 2026

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