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Referee's report by G A R Foster, on a paper 'Theory of drafting of wool slivers. I' by David Roxbee Cox

Reference number: RR/71/80

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The author has advanced the method, but it is over-elaborate and too long. Suggests combining some sections of the paper, and redirecting others.

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

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RR/71/80
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1948
Physical description
Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Typescript

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Referee's report by G A R Foster, on a paper 'Theory of drafting of wool slivers. I' by David Roxbee Cox, 1948, RR/71/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_80/referees-report-by-g-a-r-foster-on-a-paper-theory-of-drafting-of-wool-slivers-i-by-david-roxbee-cox, accessed on 19 May 2025

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