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It has long been felt that there is a need in Great Britain for a journal devoted to classical mechanics. At present papers on this subject can only be published in journals such as the Proceedings of the Royal Society and the Philosophical Magazine, which are already overloaded with other subjects. The existence of such a journal would have a stimulating effect on scientific and technical education, as similar publications have had in Germany and the United States. The topics which would come within the scope of such a journal would include: hydrodynamics, including aerodynamics, sound and dynamical meteorology; elasticity and plasticity; numerical methods, including calculating machines and relaxation methods; non-linear dynamics; ballistics; classical electromagnetism, including the propagation of electric waves in space and in wave-guides. Contributions on these subjects are likely to contain references to published experimental work; and when new experimental work is undertaken in this connexion, it might be suitable for publication in the journal.
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New Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics. Nature 160, 427 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160427a0
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