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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication. It contains nothing new in method or results. He has an incomplete knowledge of the existing literature and should refer to Hicks and Dyson's papers, as their results are similar.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1931].

Endorsed on verso as received 18 November 1931.

Reference number
RR/42/19
Earliest possible date
17 November 1931
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and note on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Mitchinson Hicks

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William Mitchinson Hicks, Referee's report by William Mitchinson Hicks, on a paper 'The steady broadside motion of an anchor ring in an infinite viscous liquid' by F E Relton, 17 November 1931, RR/42/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_42_19/referees-report-by-william-mitchinson-hicks-on-a-paper-the-steady-broadside-motion-of-an-anchor-ring-in-an-infinite-viscous-liquid-by-f-e-relton, accessed on 15 February 2026

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