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Referee's report by Morgan William Crofton, on a paper ' On clairautian functions and equations' by Allan Cunningham

Reference number: RR/8/10

Date: 25 October 1877

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper does not form a real practical or methodological advance. Considers the paper to be a 'mathematical curiosity'. The subject is more suited to a specialised mathematical journal. If it were to be published by the Royal Society, suggests the Proceedings as a suitable place, with the addition of the abstract and note by the other referee. Even then, would still recommend the paper be returned to the author for shortening.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1877]

Reference number
RR/8/10
Earliest possible date
25 October 1877
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Morgan William Crofton

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Morgan William Crofton, Referee's report by Morgan William Crofton, on a paper ' On clairautian functions and equations' by Allan Cunningham, 25 October 1877, RR/8/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_10/referees-report-by-morgan-william-crofton-on-a-paper-on-clairautian-functions-and-equations-by-allan-cunningham, accessed on 24 March 2025

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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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