Record

RefNoRR/W/6/98
LevelItem
TitleReferee's Report by [Richard Vynne] Southwell on a paper 'Two problems of extensional vibrations due to shocks' by W T Howell
Date[October 1938]
DescriptionPaper reference code: A.171

Sectional committee: Mathematics

Does not feel he has the expertise required to assess the paper's calculus - recommends [Harold] Jeffreys for this. References Chapter XX of Love's Elasticity [Augusts Edward Hough Love, A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity]. Also references [Bertram] Hopkinson (1905).

Is prepared to be guided by the second referee's opinion.

[Not published].

Received 27 October 1938
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
Print
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type E)
AccessStatusCatalogued
RelatedRecordRR/W/6/99
RR/W/6/100
RR/W/6/101
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6946Jeffreys; Sir; Harold (1891 - 1989)1891 - 1989
NA912Southwell; Sir; Richard Vynne (1888 - 1970)1888 - 1970
NA7297Hopkinson; Bertram (1874 - 1918)1874 - 1918
NA7994Love; Augustus Edward Hough (1863 - 1940); mathematician; geophysicist1863 - 1940
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