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RefNoRR/13/255
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Edwin Bailey Elliott, on a paper 'Mathematical contributions to the theory of evolution.— IV. On the probable errors of frequency constants and on the influence of random selection on variation and correlation' by Karl Pearson and Louis Napoleon George Filon
Date18 February 1898
DescriptionRecommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. He doubts whether he agrees with the general principle that the referees have came to but he understands that there is a danger of the author publishing more work than the Royal Society can reasonably print at length.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1898].
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1898.0007
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7138Elliott; Edwin Bailey (1851 - 1937)1851 - 1937
NA8002Pearson; Karl (1857 - 1936); statistician and eugenicist1857 - 1936
NA1233Filon; Louis Napoleon George (1875 - 1937); mathematical physicist and university administrator1875 - 1937
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