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Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The bending of electric waves round a spherical obstacle' by John William Nicholson

Reference number: RR/17/333

Date: 10 May 1909

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in Proceedings, it needs revision.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 25 May 1909.

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RR/17/333
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10 May 1909
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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The bending of electric waves round a spherical obstacle' by John William Nicholson, 10 May 1909, RR/17/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_333/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-the-bending-of-electric-waves-round-a-spherical-obstacle-by-john-william-nicholson, accessed on 14 January 2026

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