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Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Theory of the fatigue of metals' by Egon Orowan

Reference number: RR/65/208

Date: 21 July 1938

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Sectional committee: Engineering

Is unsure whether to recommend for publication. The discussion seems like a 'statement of well-known fatigue phenomena'.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1939].

Endorsed on verso as received 22 December 1938.

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RR/65/208
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21 July 1938
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2 pages
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Herbert John Gough, Referee's report by Herbert John Gough, on a paper 'Theory of the fatigue of metals' by Egon Orowan, 21 July 1938, RR/65/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_65_208/referees-report-by-herbert-john-gough-on-a-paper-theory-of-the-fatigue-of-metals-by-egon-orowan, accessed on 05 October 2024

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