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Referee is unable to come to a conclusion regarding publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/4/79
Earliest possible date
25 April 1860
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On scalar and clinant algebraical coordinate geometry, introducing a new and more general theory of analytical geometry, including the received as a particular case, and explaining ‘imaginary points,’ ‘intersections,’ and ‘lines.’' by Alexander John Ellis, 25 April 1860, RR/4/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_79/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-scalar-and-clinant-algebraical-coordinate-geometry-introducing-a-new-and-more-general-theory-of-analytical-geometry-including-the-received-as-a-particular-case-and-explaining-imaginary-points-intersections-and-lines-by-alexander-john-ellis, accessed on 20 April 2025

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