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Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On curvature and orthogonal surfaces' by Arthur Cayley

Reference number: RR/7/226

Date: 17 May 1873

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1873].

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RR/7/226
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17 May 1873
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Letter on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry John Stephen Smith

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Henry John Stephen Smith, Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On curvature and orthogonal surfaces' by Arthur Cayley, 17 May 1873, RR/7/226, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_226/referees-report-by-henry-john-stephen-smith-on-a-paper-on-curvature-and-orthogonal-surfaces-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 05 December 2025

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