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Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by William Davidson Niven

Reference number: RR/8/53

Date: 1877

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Daniel Bernoulli and Francis Bashforth. If the second method of calcualtion had been more complete, the paper would have been recommended for publication. Suggests instead publication in the Proceedings, with the example omitted as it has already appeared in the abstract previously published in the Proceedings.

Subject: Mathematics, Applied Sciences

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1878]

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RR/8/53
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1877
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Letter on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Couch Adams

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John Couch Adams, Referee's report by John Couch Adams, on a paper 'On the calculation of the trajectories of shot' by William Davidson Niven, 1877, RR/8/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_8_53/referees-report-by-john-couch-adams-on-a-paper-on-the-calculation-of-the-trajectories-of-shot-by-william-davidson-niven, accessed on 13 December 2024

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