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Referee's report by Isaac Todhunter, on a paper 'On the proof of the law of errors of observations' by Morgan William Crofton

Reference number: RR/7/18

Date: 09 November 1869

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An overview of all the referee's opinions on the paper. They all believe it should be published in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1870].

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RR/7/18
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09 November 1869
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Report on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Isaac Todhunter

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Isaac Todhunter, Referee's report by Isaac Todhunter, on a paper 'On the proof of the law of errors of observations' by Morgan William Crofton, 09 November 1869, RR/7/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_18/referees-report-by-isaac-todhunter-on-a-paper-on-the-proof-of-the-law-of-errors-of-observations-by-morgan-william-crofton, accessed on 13 May 2025

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