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Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Numerical results of the theory of the diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave by a perfectly conducting sphere' by Joseph Proudman, Arthur Thomas Doodson and G Kennedy

Reference number: RR/23/76

Date: 25 May 1914

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. Estimates that the cost of publishing the paper will be £130.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1918].

Endorsed on verso as received May 1916.

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RR/23/76
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25 May 1914
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4 pages
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Joseph Larmor, Referee's report by Joseph Larmor, on a paper 'Numerical results of the theory of the diffraction of a plane electromagnetic wave by a perfectly conducting sphere' by Joseph Proudman, Arthur Thomas Doodson and G Kennedy, 25 May 1914, RR/23/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_23_76/referees-report-by-joseph-larmor-on-a-paper-numerical-results-of-the-theory-of-the-diffraction-of-a-plane-electromagnetic-wave-by-a-perfectly-conducting-sphere-by-joseph-proudman-arthur-thomas-doodson-and-g-kennedy, accessed on 17 April 2025

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