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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is of 'great philosophical value'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1886].

Reference number
RR/9/288
Earliest possible date
17 November 1885
Physical description
Report on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

James Joseph Sylvester

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James Joseph Sylvester, Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'A memoir on the theory of mathematical form' by Alfred Bray Kempe, 17 November 1885, RR/9/288, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_288/referees-report-by-james-joseph-sylvester-on-a-paper-a-memoir-on-the-theory-of-mathematical-form-by-alfred-bray-kempe, accessed on 09 February 2025

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