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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the construction of life-tables, illustrated by a new life-table of the healthy districts of England' by William Farr

Reference number: RR/4/91

Date: 04 May 1859

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].

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RR/4/91
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04 May 1859
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the construction of life-tables, illustrated by a new life-table of the healthy districts of England' by William Farr, 04 May 1859, RR/4/91, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_91/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-construction-of-life-tables-illustrated-by-a-new-life-table-of-the-healthy-districts-of-england-by-william-farr, accessed on 17 January 2025

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