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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'Note on Professor Sylvester’s representation of the motion of a free rigid body by that of a material ellipsoid whose centre is fixed, and which rolls on a rough plane' by Norman Macleod Ferrers

Reference number: RR/6/123

Date: 14 July 1869

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is an important advance on the subject. Suggests a slight change to the title.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/123
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14 July 1869
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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 'Note on Professor Sylvester’s representation of the motion of a free rigid body by that of a material ellipsoid whose centre is fixed, and which rolls on a rough plane' by Norman Macleod Ferrers, 14 July 1869, RR/6/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_123/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-note-on-professor-sylvesters-representation-of-the-motion-of-a-free-rigid-body-by-that-of-a-material-ellipsoid-whose-centre-is-fixed-and-which-rolls-on-a-rough-plane-by-norman-macleod-ferrers, accessed on 09 December 2024

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