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Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'A contribution to the theory of film lubrication' by Alfred Arthur Robb

Reference number: RR/42/25

Date: 06 February 1932

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Sectional committee: Engineering sciences

Not recommended for publication in Proceedings, The author's suggestions are 'tentative rather than definite' and what is wanted is a discussion of the subject. He would receive this discussion if the paper were submitted to the Institution of Civil Engineers, but he won't receive this from the Royal Society.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1933].

Endorsed on verso as received 8 February 1932.

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RR/42/25
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06 February 1932
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2 pages
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Richard Vynne Southwell, Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'A contribution to the theory of film lubrication' by Alfred Arthur Robb, 06 February 1932, RR/42/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_42_25/referees-report-by-richard-vynne-southwell-on-a-paper-a-contribution-to-the-theory-of-film-lubrication-by-alfred-arthur-robb, accessed on 14 June 2026

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