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Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Some practically important stress-systems in solids of revolution' by Richard Vynne Southwell

Reference number: RR/68/202

Date: 1941

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not see any reason why the paper should not be published during wartime, and no reason to send a note to the Directors of Scientific Research.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

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

No received date.

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RR/68/202
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1941
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2 pages
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Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Some practically important stress-systems in solids of revolution' by Richard Vynne Southwell, 1941, RR/68/202, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_202/referees-report-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-on-a-paper-some-practically-important-stress-systems-in-solids-of-revolution-by-richard-vynne-southwell, accessed on 15 January 2025

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