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Second referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'Some properties of the wave equation' by Samuel Roslington Milner

Reference number: RR/50/63

Date: May 1933

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

He has viewed the paper for a second time and has not changed his opinion. The paper is still unsuitable for publication. His criticisms may be due to misunderstanding, but this is the fault of the paper. The paper requires 'considerable remodelling'.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 27 May 1933.

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RR/50/63
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May 1933
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Standardised form (type D) and notes on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Galton Darwin

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Charles Galton Darwin, Second referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'Some properties of the wave equation' by Samuel Roslington Milner, May 1933, RR/50/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_50_63/second-referees-report-by-charles-galton-darwin-on-a-paper-some-properties-of-the-wave-equation-by-samuel-roslington-milner, accessed on 21 April 2025

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