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Referee's report by Hector Munro Macdonald, 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/26/146

Date: 25 July 1921

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The method of approximation is not the most effective, which affects the results obtained.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 26 July 1921.

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RR/26/146
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25 July 1921
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Hector Munro Macdonald, Referee's report by Hector Munro Macdonald, on a paper 'The diffraction of plane electromagnetic waves by a perfectly reflecting sphere' by F Puryer White and Thomas John I'Anson Bromwich, 25 July 1921, RR/26/146, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_146/referees-report-by-hector-munro-macdonald-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 19 January 2025

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