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Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The problem of finite focal depth revealed by seismometers' by George Walker Walker

Reference number: RR/26/142

Date: April 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The reasons the author gives for publication in the Philosophical Transactions are not considered sufficient. Thinks the paper will be 'difficult to follow by any one who has not an intrinsic knowledge of the previous literature'.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1922]

Endorsed on verso as received 20 April 1921.

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RR/26/142
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April 1921
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Arthur Schuster, Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The problem of finite focal depth revealed by seismometers' by George Walker Walker, April 1921, RR/26/142, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_142/referees-report-by-arthur-schuster-on-a-paper-the-problem-of-finite-focal-depth-revealed-by-seismometers-by-george-walker-walker, accessed on 12 June 2026

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