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Referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On the problem of the in-and-circumscribed triangle' by Arthur Cayley

Reference number: RR/7/85

Date: 23 May 1871

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as 'an enormous amount of labour has been lavished on the paper'. It forms a 'valuable and important contribution to geometry'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1871].

Reference number
RR/7/85
Earliest possible date
23 May 1871
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
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 the problem of the in-and-circumscribed triangle' by Arthur Cayley, 23 May 1871, RR/7/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_7_85/referees-report-by-henry-john-stephen-smith-on-a-paper-on-the-problem-of-the-in-and-circumscribed-triangle-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 10 July 2026

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