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Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'The stability of quadratic velocity-distributions for an inviscid liquid flowing between parallel planes' by John Lighton Synge

Reference number: RR/51/94

Date: November 1933

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Gives detailed criticism of the calculations. Doubts the existence of such a stability problem.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 29 November 1933.

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RR/51/94
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November 1933
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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4 pages
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Richard Vynne Southwell, Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'The stability of quadratic velocity-distributions for an inviscid liquid flowing between parallel planes' by John Lighton Synge, November 1933, RR/51/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_94/referees-report-by-richard-vynne-southwell-on-a-paper-the-stability-of-quadratic-velocity-distributions-for-an-inviscid-liquid-flowing-between-parallel-planes-by-john-lighton-synge, accessed on 19 January 2025

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