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Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On a new geometry of space' by Julius Plücker

Reference number: RR/5/188

Date: 28 March 1865

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper offers a new method of investigation. Refers to work of William Rowan Hamilton and Ernst Kummer. Suggests the English be edited for clarity. Suggests an alternate title.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1865]

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RR/5/188
Earliest possible date
28 March 1865
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry John Stephen Smith

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Henry John Stephen Smith, Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On a new geometry of space' by Julius Plücker, 28 March 1865, RR/5/188, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_188/referees-report-by-henry-john-stephen-smith-on-a-paper-on-a-new-geometry-of-space-by-julius-plücker, accessed on 11 September 2024

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