Referee's report by William Bate Hardy, on a paper 'A contribution to the theory of film lubrication' by Alfred Arthur Robb Sectional committee: Engineering sciences Recommended for publication. The paper is 'by no means the last word on a difficult subject' but it is a serious contribution to the subject. The first eight pages could be shortened. [Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1933]. Endorsed on verso as received February 1933