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Referee's report by William Bate Hardy, on a paper 'A contribution to the theory of film lubrication' by Alfred Arthur Robb

Reference number: RR/42/26

Date: January 1932

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Sectional committee: Engineering sciences

Recommended for publication in Proceedings, in full. However, he does not have a knowledge of mathematical theories of lubrication so another referee should be sought. Someone in touch with the recent work of Obsorne Reynolds should review the paper.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 28 January 1932.

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RR/42/26
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January 1932
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William Bate Hardy, Referee's report by William Bate Hardy, on a paper 'A contribution to the theory of film lubrication' by Alfred Arthur Robb, January 1932, RR/42/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_42_26/referees-report-by-william-bate-hardy-on-a-paper-a-contribution-to-the-theory-of-film-lubrication-by-alfred-arthur-robb, accessed on 19 January 2025

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