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Referee's report by George Ridsdale Goldsbrough, on a paper 'On the Hertzian impact of an elastic hammer on a damped pianoforte string' by M Ghosh

Reference number: RR/49/132

Date: March 1933

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Careful revision required to correct errors in 'spelling, grammar and punctuation'. The new theory proposed by the author incorporates other older theories. Finds the argument 'quite good'. Notes some minor errors in transcription.

[Not published]

Endorsed on verso as received 31 March 1933.

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RR/49/132
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March 1933
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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George Ridsdale Goldsbrough, Referee's report by George Ridsdale Goldsbrough, on a paper 'On the Hertzian impact of an elastic hammer on a damped pianoforte string' by M Ghosh, March 1933, RR/49/132, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_49_132/referees-report-by-george-ridsdale-goldsbrough-on-a-paper-on-the-hertzian-impact-of-an-elastic-hammer-on-a-damped-pianoforte-string-by-m-ghosh, accessed on 16 March 2025

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