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Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The diffraction of elastic waves at the boundaries of a solid layer' by J H Jones

Reference number: RR/45/117

Date: April 1932

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The theories are a little uncertain, and based on as-yet incomplete researches. The data is of permanent value.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1932]

Endorsed on verso as received 27 April 1932.

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RR/45/117
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April 1932
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Horace Lamb, Referee's report by Horace Lamb, on a paper 'The diffraction of elastic waves at the boundaries of a solid layer' by J H Jones, April 1932, RR/45/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_45_117/referees-report-by-horace-lamb-on-a-paper-the-diffraction-of-elastic-waves-at-the-boundaries-of-a-solid-layer-by-j-h-jones, accessed on 15 February 2026

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