Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The vibrations of a circular membrane, slightly inelastic and symmetrically loaded' by Andrew Russell Forsyth
Reference number: RR/26/42
Date: 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics
Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The solution to the problems are 'now so well understood that it is hardly worthwhile publishing them unless there is some important physical application'. The law of friction assumed is unusual and gives results which are 'contrary to fact'.
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- RR/26/42
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- 1921
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The vibrations of a circular membrane, slightly inelastic and symmetrically loaded' by Andrew Russell Forsyth, 1921, RR/26/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_42/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-the-vibrations-of-a-circular-membrane-slightly-inelastic-and-symmetrically-loaded-by-andrew-russell-forsyth, accessed on 16 February 2025
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Referees' reports on scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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Referees' reports: volume 26, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1920-1921 Reference number: RR/26
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Horace Lamb
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Andrew Russell Forsyth
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