| Reference number | RR/49/131 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Referee's report by Douglas Rayner Hartree, on a paper 'On the Hertzian impact of an elastic hammer on a damped pianoforte string' by M Ghosh |
| Date | [April 1933] |
| Description | Sectional Committee: Mathematics
Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Reluctantly disagrees with the opinions of Horace Lamb. The paper only elaborates on a detail of an unimportant subject. The assumptions on which the work are based are not stated as such and without justification. Refers to Hooke's law.
[Not published]
Endorsed on verso as received 7 April 1933. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Standardised form (type D) |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/49/132 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2888 | Hartree; Douglas Rayner (1897 - 1958); mathematician and theoretical physicist | 1897 - 1958 |