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Sectional Committee: Not stated [Physics]

Is writing to the author in South Africa, informing him of the decision. Wishes for the paper to be held by the Royal Society until such time as it can be published in the Philosophical Transactions. Has no doubt the author would agree to this.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 15 March 1940.

Reference number
RR/66/110
Earliest possible date
14 March 1940
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Third letter from Harold Spencer Jones, to John David Griffith Davies, regarding a paper 'The Earth's magnetic field in Southern Africa at the epoch, 1 July 1930' by E N Grindley, 14 March 1940, RR/66/110, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_110/third-letter-from-harold-spencer-jones-to-john-david-griffith-davies-regarding-a-paper-the-earths-magnetic-field-in-southern-africa-at-the-epoch-1-july-1930-by-e-n-grindley, accessed on 13 September 2024

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