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Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems. X. The graphical representation of stress' by D N De G Allen and Richard Vynne Southwell

Reference number: RR/68/420

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Engineering Sciences

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests further explanation be given of the second and third examples, and figure five.

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']

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RR/68/420
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1944
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, Referee's report by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, on a paper 'Relaxation methods applied to engineering problems. X. The graphical representation of stress' by D N De G Allen and Richard Vynne Southwell, 1944, RR/68/420, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_420/referees-report-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor-on-a-paper-relaxation-methods-applied-to-engineering-problems-x-the-graphical-representation-of-stress-by-d-n-de-g-allen-and-richard-vynne-southwell, accessed on 14 August 2026

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