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Letter from Richard Vynne Southwell, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding the Bakerian Lecture 'Bakerian Lecture. On relaxation methods: A mathematics for engineering science' by Richard Vynne Southwell, and five papers 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIC - Free transverse vibrations of membranes, with an application (by analogy) to two-dimensional oscillations in an electro-magnetic system' by D N De G Allen, L Fox, H Motz and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIID - Stress distributions in elastic solids of revolution' by D N De G Allen, L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxing methods applied to engineering problems VIII A. Problems relating to large transverse displacements of thin elastic plates' by J R Green and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell and 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIB - The elastic stability of plane frameworks and of flat plating' by Derman Guy Christopherson, L Fox, J R Green, F S Shaw and Richard Vynne Southwell

Reference number: RR/68/169

Date: 25 July 1945

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Sectional Committee: Engineering

Has received the large volume of proofs, is it necessary to scrutinise every page? Some pages appear missing from one set. Requests a further supply of VIIA.

Associated list of corrections to references.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on ecto as received 26 July 1945.

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RR/68/169
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Letter from Richard Vynne Southwell, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding the Bakerian Lecture 'Bakerian Lecture. On relaxation methods: A mathematics for engineering science' by Richard Vynne Southwell, and five papers 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIC - Free transverse vibrations of membranes, with an application (by analogy) to two-dimensional oscillations in an electro-magnetic system' by D N De G Allen, L Fox, H Motz and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIID - Stress distributions in elastic solids of revolution' by D N De G Allen, L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxing methods applied to engineering problems VIII A. Problems relating to large transverse displacements of thin elastic plates' by J R Green and Richard Vynne Southwell, 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIA - Biharmonic analysis as applied to the flexure and extension of flat elastic plates' by L Fox and Richard Vynne Southwell and 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems VIIB - The elastic stability of plane frameworks and of flat plating' by Derman Guy Christopherson, L Fox, J R Green, F S Shaw and Richard Vynne Southwell, 25 July 1945, RR/68/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_169/letter-from-richard-vynne-southwell-to-john-david-griffith-davies-regarding-the-bakerian-lecture-bakerian-lecture-on-relaxation-methods-a-mathematics-for-engineering-science-by-richard-vynne-southwell-and-five-papers-relaxation-methods-applied-to-engineering-problems-viic-free-transverse-vibrations-of-membranes-with-an-application-by-analogy-to-two-dimensional-oscillations-in-an-electro-magnetic-system-by-d-n-de-g-allen-l-fox-h-motz-and-richard-vynne-southwell-relaxation-methods-applied-to-engineering-problems-viid-stress-distributions-in-elastic-solids-of-revolution-by-d-n-de-g-allen-l-fox-and-richard-vynne-southwell-relaxing-methods-applied-to-engineering-problems-viii-a-problems-relating-to-large-transverse-displacements-of-thin-elastic-plates-by-j-r-green-and-richard-vynne-southwell-relaxation-methods-applied-to-engineering-problems-viia-biharmonic-analysis-as-applied-to-the-flexure-and-extension-of-flat-elastic-plates-by-l-fox-and-richard-vynne-southwell-and-relaxation-methods-applied-to-engineering-problems-viib-the-elastic-stability-of-plane-frameworks-and-of-flat-plating-by-derman-guy-christopherson-l-fox-j-r-green-f-s-shaw-and-richard-vynne-southwell, accessed on 20 July 2025

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