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Referee's report by Louis Napoleon George Filon, on a paper 'Castigliano’s principle of minimum strain-energy' by Richard Vynne Southwell

Reference number: RR/56/129

Date: 17 November 1935

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work of Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, which part of the paper requires modification, as the principle has not really been proved. Provides detailed list of suggested modifications and omissions, to aid in clarity.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on verso as received 19 November 1935.

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RR/56/129
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17 November 1935
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Louis Napoleon George Filon, Referee's report by Louis Napoleon George Filon, on a paper 'Castigliano’s principle of minimum strain-energy' by Richard Vynne Southwell, 17 November 1935, RR/56/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_56_129/referees-report-by-louis-napoleon-george-filon-on-a-paper-castiglianos-principle-of-minimum-strain-energy-by-richard-vynne-southwell, accessed on 08 November 2025

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