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Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Edward Victor Appleton, regarding a paper 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson

Reference number: RR/66/165

Date: 04 January 1940

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Informs the recipient that they have been chosen as referee for a paper Communicated by William Edward Curtis. Is he willing to referee the paper? His opinion on the use of the paper to the enemy would also be valuable.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.

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RR/66/165
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04 January 1940
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Edward Victor Appleton

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Edward Victor Appleton, Letter from John David Griffith Davies, to Edward Victor Appleton, regarding a paper 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson, 04 January 1940, RR/66/165, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_165/letter-from-john-david-griffith-davies-to-edward-victor-appleton-regarding-a-paper-supersonic-dispersion-in-gases-ii-air-containing-water-vapour-by-m-mokhtar-and-e-g-richardson, accessed on 10 October 2024

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