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Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On cyclides and sphero-quartics' by John Casey

Reference number: RR/7/82

Date: 21 August 1871

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is 'full of interesting results: many of them of remarkable beauty'. The paper is slightly too long and could do with being condensed in parts.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1871].

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RR/7/82
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21 August 1871
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Letter on paper
Page extent
4 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 cyclides and sphero-quartics' by John Casey, 21 August 1871, RR/7/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_82/referees-report-by-henry-john-stephen-smith-on-a-paper-on-cyclides-and-sphero-quartics-by-john-casey, accessed on 18 August 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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