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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests shortening the paper, as the results are somewhat indefinite and the writing diffuse.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1921]

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RR/26/153
Earliest possible date
1921
Physical description
Standardised form (type D)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Horace Lamb

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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'On the acoustic disturbances produced by small bodies in plane waves transmitted through water, with special reference to the single-plate direction finder' by A B Wood and F B Young, 1921, RR/26/153, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_26_153/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-on-the-acoustic-disturbances-produced-by-small-bodies-in-plane-waves-transmitted-through-water-with-special-reference-to-the-single-plate-direction-finder-by-a-b-wood-and-f-b-young, accessed on 12 November 2025

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