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Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The steady broadside motion of an anchor ring in an infinite viscous liquid' by F E Relton

Reference number: RR/42/20

Date: 10 November 1931

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Sectional committee: [Mathematics]

He is not familiar with the subject and wishes the paper to be sent to another referee. The work seems correct but the author doesn't realise that he's dealing with a special case.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 11 November 1931.

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RR/42/20
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10 November 1931
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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The steady broadside motion of an anchor ring in an infinite viscous liquid' by F E Relton, 10 November 1931, RR/42/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_42_20/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-the-steady-broadside-motion-of-an-anchor-ring-in-an-infinite-viscous-liquid-by-f-e-relton, accessed on 13 September 2026

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