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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the integration of algebraical functions, with illustrations in mechanics' by William Henry Leighton Russell

Reference number: RR/7/402

Date: 21 April 1875

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Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as 'it does not possess sufficient interest' and 'a short abstract in the Proceedings is all that would be proper'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1874].

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RR/7/402
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21 April 1875
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Letter on paper
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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 the integration of algebraical functions, with illustrations in mechanics' by William Henry Leighton Russell, 21 April 1875, RR/7/402, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_402/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-integration-of-algebraical-functions-with-illustrations-in-mechanics-by-william-henry-leighton-russell, accessed on 17 March 2025

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