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Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'The diffraction of plane electromagnetic waves by a perfectly reflecting sphere' by F Puryer White and Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich

Reference number: RR/26/145

Date: August 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society', subject to modifications. Refers to work of Watson [?], Joseph Proudman, Henri Poincaré, John William Nicholson and [illegible, Maidmold?]. The current paper, which does not refer to these previous researches, only elaborates on them in the detail.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1922]

Endorsed on verso as received 10 August 1921.

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August 1921
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John William Nicholson, Referee's report by John William Nicholson, on a paper 'The diffraction of plane electromagnetic waves by a perfectly reflecting sphere' by F Puryer White and Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich, August 1921, RR/26/145, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_145/referees-report-by-john-william-nicholson-on-a-paper-the-diffraction-of-plane-electromagnetic-waves-by-a-perfectly-reflecting-sphere-by-f-puryer-white-and-thomas-john-ianson-bromwich, accessed on 15 June 2025

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