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Letter from Alfred North Whitehead, on a paper 'On main crests of ship waves' by George Green

Reference number: RR/23/36

Date: 20 February 1916

Description

Whitehead believes the paper should be published, but after reading Jeans' negative report, he is now unsure. Asks for the paper to be forwarded to Love for his opinion.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 23 February 1916.

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RR/23/36
Earliest possible date
20 February 1916
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Alfred North Whitehead

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Alfred North Whitehead, Letter from Alfred North Whitehead, on a paper 'On main crests of ship waves' by George Green, 20 February 1916, RR/23/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_23_36/letter-from-alfred-north-whitehead-on-a-paper-on-main-crests-of-ship-waves-by-george-green, accessed on 18 May 2026

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