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Referee's report by Leonard Bairstow, on a paper 'On the torsion of conical shells' by Richard Vynne Southwell

Reference number: RR/63/97

Date: July 1937

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Sectional committee: Engineering

He isn't satisfied with the conclusions reached. The discussion isn't convincing and he interprets the argument in a different way. The author should reconsider the part of the paper that deals with distortions, as the footnote provided isn't helpful.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1937].

Endorsed on verso as received 27 July 1937.

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July 1937
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Leonard Bairstow, Referee's report by Leonard Bairstow, on a paper 'On the torsion of conical shells' by Richard Vynne Southwell, July 1937, RR/63/97, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_63_97/referees-report-by-leonard-bairstow-on-a-paper-on-the-torsion-of-conical-shells-by-richard-vynne-southwell, accessed on 16 January 2025

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