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Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on two papers 'The transverse flexure of perforated isotropic plates' and 'The transverse flexure of perforated aeolotropic plates' by S Holgate

Reference number: RR/68/482

Date: 1944

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The author has handled the problems 'with considerable skill and power'. George Ridsdale Goldsbrough will have satisfied himself in the value of the paper.

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/68/482
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1944
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2 pages
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Richard Vynne Southwell, Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on two papers 'The transverse flexure of perforated isotropic plates' and 'The transverse flexure of perforated aeolotropic plates' by S Holgate, 1944, RR/68/482, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_482/referees-report-by-richard-vynne-southwell-on-two-papers-the-transverse-flexure-of-perforated-isotropic-plates-and-the-transverse-flexure-of-perforated-aeolotropic-plates-by-s-holgate, accessed on 15 March 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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