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Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, 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/6/124

Date: 14 August 1869

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of James Joseph Sylvester. Gives a criticism of the calculations. Suggests breaking down the method into two parts for clarity.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/6/124
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14 August 1869
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Clerk Maxwell

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James Clerk Maxwell, Referee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, 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 August 1869, RR/6/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_124/referees-report-by-james-clerk-maxwell-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 06 December 2024

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