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Referee's report by Richard Whiddington, on a paper 'The photo-elastic dispersion of vitreous silica' by Louis Napoleon George Filon and F C Harris

Reference number: RR/41/85

Date: November 1930

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Sectional committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings.The paper should be considerably condensed and some figures should be omitted.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1931].

Endorsed on verso as received 4 November 1930.

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RR/41/85
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November 1930
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Richard Whiddington, Referee's report by Richard Whiddington, on a paper 'The photo-elastic dispersion of vitreous silica' by Louis Napoleon George Filon and F C Harris, November 1930, RR/41/85, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_41_85/referees-report-by-richard-whiddington-on-a-paper-the-photo-elastic-dispersion-of-vitreous-silica-by-louis-napoleon-george-filon-and-f-c-harris, accessed on 09 November 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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