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Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks

Reference number: RR/8/319

Date: 20 June 1881

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. 'I think the author should be invited to clear away the scaffolding, and let us see something of his building direct. It is all left rather much wrapped up in symbols'. Suggests the addition of a very full abstract. Notation should be fully explained, further numerical results given, and the addition of some simple drawings to make it 'less like Laplace [Pierre-Simon Laplace]'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1881]

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RR/8/319
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20 June 1881
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Letter on paper
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5 pages
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Typescript
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William Thomson, Referee's report by William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, on a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks, 20 June 1881, RR/8/319, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_319/referees-report-by-william-thomson-1st-baron-kelvin-on-a-paper-on-toroidal-functions-by-william-mitchinson-hicks, accessed on 21 March 2025

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