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Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'Finite strains in an anisotropic elastic continuum' by James Gardner Oldroyd

Reference number: RR/73/37

Date: 14 February 1950

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Sectional committee: Physics

Paper reference code: A25

No recommendation given regarding publication as Referee sees it 'quite beyond my power to assess or criticize.' Recommends the paper is read by a mathematician such as Harold Jeffreys or George Temple.

[Published in Proceedings A, 1950].

Date received not given.

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RR/73/37
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14 February 1950
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Standardised form (type E)
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1 page
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Typescript
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Oldroyd; James Gardner (1921-1982); British mathematician; rheologist

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Richard Vynne Southwell, Referee's report by Richard Vynne Southwell, on a paper 'Finite strains in an anisotropic elastic continuum' by James Gardner Oldroyd, 14 February 1950, RR/73/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_73_37/referees-report-by-richard-vynne-southwell-on-a-paper-finite-strains-in-an-anisotropic-elastic-continuum-by-james-gardner-oldroyd, accessed on 07 June 2026

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