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Letter from J W Chiselton [?], for the Director, National Physical Laboratory, to John David Griffith Davies, 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/66/180

Date: 16 March 1940

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Sectional Committee: Physics

Requests two copies of each paper.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 20 March 1940.

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RR/66/180
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16 March 1940
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Letter from J W Chiselton [?], for the Director, National Physical Laboratory, to John David Griffith Davies, 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, 16 March 1940, RR/66/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_66_180/letter-from-j-w-chiselton-for-the-director-national-physical-laboratory-to-john-david-griffith-davies-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 11 September 2024

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