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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On Poisson’s solution of the accurate equations applicable to the transmission of sound through a cylindrical tube; and on the general solution of partial differential equations' by R Moon

Reference number: RR/6/185

Date: 07 February 1867

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Does not think the author has considered general solutions.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Reference number
RR/6/185
Earliest possible date
07 February 1867
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Letter on paper
Page extent
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 Poisson’s solution of the accurate equations applicable to the transmission of sound through a cylindrical tube; and on the general solution of partial differential equations' by R Moon, 07 February 1867, RR/6/185, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_185/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-poissons-solution-of-the-accurate-equations-applicable-to-the-transmission-of-sound-through-a-cylindrical-tube-and-on-the-general-solution-of-partial-differential-equations-by-r-moon, accessed on 12 June 2025

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