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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The analysis used is 'throughout very powerful and many of the transformations are exceedingly elegant'. The paper should point out 'the provisional character of the results'.

Subject: Physics/Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1876].

Reference number
RR/7/485
Earliest possible date
1876
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Kingdon Clifford

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William Kingdon Clifford, Referee's report by William Kingdon Clifford, on a paper 'On multiple contact of surfaces' by William Spottiswoode, 1876, RR/7/485, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_485/referees-report-by-william-kingdon-clifford-on-a-paper-on-multiple-contact-of-surfaces-by-william-spottiswoode, accessed on 07 February 2025

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