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Letter from the Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, to the Chief Superintendent, RAE, regarding two papers 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson, and 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor

Reference number: RR/66/169

Date: 24 February 1941

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Sectional Committee: Physics

The authority for the supply of the papers was a letter from the Chief Superintendent RAE dated 1 April 1940 with the reference number B.A.1000.R/WGAP/26.

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

No received date.

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RR/66/169
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24 February 1941
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from the Assistant Secretary, Royal Society, to the Chief Superintendent, RAE, regarding two papers 'Supersonic dispersion in gases II. Air containing water vapour' by M Mokhtar and E G Richardson, and 'The air wave surrounding an expanding sphere' by Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, 24 February 1941, RR/66/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_169/letter-from-the-assistant-secretary-royal-society-to-the-chief-superintendent-rae-regarding-two-papers-supersonic-dispersion-in-gases-ii-air-containing-water-vapour-by-m-mokhtar-and-e-g-richardson-and-the-air-wave-surrounding-an-expanding-sphere-by-geoffrey-ingram-taylor, accessed on 10 October 2024

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