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RefNoRR/6/124
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by James Clerk Maxwell, on a paper 'Note on Professor Sylvester’s representation of the motion of a free rigid body by that of a material ellipsoid whose centre is fixed, and which rolls on a rough plane' by Norman Macleod Ferrers
Date14 August 1869
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of James Joseph Sylvester. Gives a criticism of the calculations. Suggests breaking down the method into two parts for clarity.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1870.0001 Vol.160 1870
RelatedRecordRR/6/123
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8259Maxwell; James Clerk (1831 - 1879); physicist1831 - 1879
NA3589Ferrers; Norman Macleod (1829 - 1903)1829 - 1903
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