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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is supplemental to an earlier paper by the same author.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/68
Earliest possible date
November 1868
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Joseph Sylvester

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Citation

James Joseph Sylvester, Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'A third memoir on skew surfaces, otherwise scrolls' by Arthur Cayley, November 1868, RR/6/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_68/referees-report-by-james-joseph-sylvester-on-a-paper-a-third-memoir-on-skew-surfaces-otherwise-scrolls-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 18 February 2025

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